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ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEVICH OSTROVSKY (1823 - 1886) |
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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky , 1823-86, Russian dramatist. Ostrovsky's first play, The Bankrupt (1847; reworked as It's a Family Affair, 1850), was widely read but was banned from the stage. He left a government clerical post in 1851 to devote his time to writing. Most of his more than 50 plays deal with the merchant or petty-official classes and the conflicts within their patriarchal families. All but eight of his works were written in blank verse, using colloquial language. Ostrovsky's masterpiece is The Storm (1860), the tragedy of a woman driven to suicide. The play is the basis for Janacek's opera Katia Kabanova. Ostrovsky's popular play Poverty Is No Crime (1854) concerns a marriage of convenience. Rimsky-Korsakov used his Snow Maiden (1873) as the libretto of an opera and Tchaikovsky drew upon several plays by Ostrovsky as inspiration for musical works.
- "Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 20 Jan. 2010
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky
Artists & Admirers | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #10966 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
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Artists And Admirers | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1982 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #19818 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky; Written in collaboration with David Leveaux | |||||
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Artists And Admirers | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1982 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20711 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky; Written in collaboration with Hanif Kureishi | |||||
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Diary Of A Scoundrel | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1942 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Sampson Low and Marston, 1948 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #150 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 7 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky. aka Too Clever By Half | |||||
| With the death of Yegor's father he and his mother are left in dire straits. He worms his way into a wealthy family and discredits the daughter of the family's fiance. It is his hope now to marry her himself and they are engaged. But Yegor has been keeping a diary of how he has sucked up to the wealthy family and his true feelings about them. The diary is discovered | |||||
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Diary Of A Scoundrel | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1987-1988 Season | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #101870 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
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Family Affair, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Absolute Press, Bath, 1989 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9208 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
Synopsis: | satirical comedy of loose morals and lost manners | |||||
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Forest, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0571201860 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #1374 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky (Translation: Vera Liber) | |||||
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Forest, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Other Place Theatre, Stratford, UK | 29 Apr 1981 | ||||
Company: | RSC | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #4819 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
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Further Reference: | RSC ref FOR198104 | |||||
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Forest, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer Street, PO Box 900923, Seattle, WA 98109 >>> | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51760 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
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Forest, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 06 May 2010 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #113845 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
Synopsis: | Before Chekhov, there was Alexander Ostrovsky, Russia's first great theatrical reformer, who forged comedy and drama into a remarkably rich theatrical mix, paving the way for a generation of modern Russian playwrights. In this romantic romp, the most dangerous creatures in the forest are two vagabond actors, posing as gentry, who crash a nearby estate, turning an orderly manor upside down. | |||||
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It's A Family Affair (We'll Settle It Ourselves) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cardiff: Sherman Cymru, Senghennydd Rd, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF24 >>> | 25 Sep 2013 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #155846 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
Synopsis: | False bankruptcy, spoilt rich kids, matchmakers on the take and lawyers on the bottle. Welcome to the world of Moscow's merchant class, the nouveau riche of 19th century Russia. Written in 1849 then promptly banned, Alexander Ostrovsky's debut comedy is a scathing satire of a vulgar and deluded society, where blackmail and hypocrisy abound, the rouble rules, and everyone can be bought, sold or borrowed. William Thomas (Twin Town, Gavin and Stacey, Belonging) is aging merchant Bolshov, who dreams of a daughter-free retirement whilst clinging to his wealth in this new adaptation by Simon Crowther (Sherman Cymru's The Get Together, ITV's Coronation Street). Lee Mengo (Stella, Skins, Gwaith Cartref) is Bolshov's hapless clerk Lazar, in love with the boss's daughter but embroiled in his scheme...Sian Reeves (Cutting It and Mount Pleasant) brings her trademark comedy to the outlandish, lavish Ustinya, matchmaker extraordinaire and all round wheeler dealer who gets tripped up by her love of sable coats... live ones, of course. The question is, who has an eye for the big chance? | |||||
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Larisa And the Merchants | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arcola Theatre 2, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London e8 3DL >>> | 01 May 2013 | ||||
Company: | Insite Performance | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0571308156 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #149985 | |||
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Genre: | adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
| The Value of Something is Never its Price. In a trading town on the banks of the river penniless Larisa is desperate to marry and escape heartbreak and humiliation. But in this brutal world of transactions true love has no worth - Larisa is up for sale and the local merchants want a bargain. | |||||
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Just An Actress | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #58916 | |||
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Genre: | Translation/Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky (Artists and Admirers) | |||||
Synopsis: | Actresses have long faced a career dilemma - languishing in ill-paid obscurity versus 'help from the right man", as the heroine's mother puts it in Just An Actress. Whether that help takes the shape of benign mentoring or trading in sexual favours, the power balance has shifted little in the century since Alexander Ostrovsky wrote this warm-hearted satire of theatrical life. | |||||
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Storm, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20697 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
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Storm, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #21351 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
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Storm, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||||
Company: | Ameida Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Faber and Faber, London, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #23358 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 6 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
Synopsis: | The Storm offers a vivid picture of the savagery, intolerance and primitivism of mid-nineteenth century Russia. The play shows a world in which merchants abuse workers, social progress is spat upon and religion is a reactionary force. In such circumstances, the heroine, Katerina, has little hope. Saddled with a weak husband and a tyrannical mother-in-law, she falls helplessly in love with a rich merchant's nephew. Her guilt forces her to reveal the brief affair with fatal consequences. | |||||
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Storm, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Interart Theatre | 13 Apr 2012 | ||||
Company: | Blessed Unrest | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #138703 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
Synopsis: | Called the most poetic of all Russian plays, The Storm is a dangerous fusion of romance and immorality unleashed as its heroine attempts to escape her loveless marriage through forbidden passion. The intensity of Ostrovsky's story along with Laura Wickens's choice of language, rhythm, and scene structure, combine to create a play that is resonant, moving, and surprisingly funny. | |||||
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Too Clever By Half | ||
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| 1st Published: | Applause | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #152526 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky | |||||
Synopsis: | 1960s Moscow. Yegor Dmitritch Glournov and his mother plot to rise in society by any means flattery, seduction and playing the rich off against each other. Yegor keeps a diary in which he tells what he really thinks of the rich people he is using. The diary gets discovered | |||||
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Too Clever By Half | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Connelly Theater, New York International Fringe Festival | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Studio Six Theater Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76180 | |||
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Genre: | 2h 15m FringeHIGH Comedy | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky | |||||
Synopsis: | A youthful twist on a classic Russian comedy. This ensemble performs with a nod to their roots at the Moscow Art Theater. As Glumov claws his way up in society through trickery and slander he unwittingly writes his own demise. . . | |||||
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Too Clever By Half | ||
| 1st Produced: | Manchester: Royal Exchange Theatre, St Anns Square, Manchester, M2 7DH >>> | 10 Jul 2013 | ||||
Company: | Told By An Idiot | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #159666 | |||
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Genre: | play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alexander Ostrovsky. Adapted by Rodney Ackland | |||||
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