Without a Dowry and Other Plays

by Aleksandr Ostrovsky

Book Overview

Contemporary of Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy and precursor to Chekhov, he was a keen sociological observer, often exposing abuses of power, landing him in trouble with the censors again and again. He wrote 47 original plays and began the tradition of acting today associated with Stanislavsky. Ostrovsky's plays were written with performance in mind and with a masterful use of colloquial language. To this day they are a much-performed part of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468308580
• ISBN13: 9781468308587
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Overlook Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher