Alexander Ostrovsky put the Moscow merchant class on the Russian stage, with its patriarchs, dowries, debts and domestic tyrants. This volume collects four of his plays in English: A Protégée of the Mistress, Poverty Is No Crime, Sin and Sorrow Are Common to All, and It’s a Family Affair, We’ll Settle It Ourselves.
A welcome introduction to the playwright who shaped Russian theatre before Chekhov, edited by George Rapall Noyes. Download the free EPUB.