Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886)

Author of The Storm

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Aleksandr Ostrovsky was the nineteenth century's major playwright, due not only to the generally high quality of his plays but also to their large number (about 50). His work, primarily prose rather than verse, falls into two periods. The first, pre-1861, includes dramas that deal with an area of show more Russian life Ostrovsky knew quite intimately: the society of merchants and of lower government officials. His treatment of this social sphere was quite varied, for Ostrovsky was at times attracted to and at times disgusted by his characters' milieu, attitudes, and attributes. His masterpiece from this period is The Storm (1860), in which social themes provide the background and the motivation for a tragic love story. After 1861 Ostrovsky devoted himself in part to historical topics and to plots derived from folklore as, for example, in his masterpiece, The Snow Maiden (1873). Other plays deal with the gentry in the changed, post-emancipation Russia. Some are staples of the Russian theatrical repertoire. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: A. Ostrovskij, A H Ostrovskii, A.N. Ostrovskii, Ostrovskii A.N., A. N. Ostrovsky, A.N. Ostrovskij, Aleksandr Ostrovski, ostrovskiialeksandr, Alexandre Ostrovski, Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Aleksander Ostrovsky, Островский, Aleksandr Ostrovskij, Alexander Ostróvsky, Alexander Ostrovosky, Aleksàndr Ostrovskij, Alexander N. Ostrowskij, Островский А.Н., Островский А.Н., А.Н. Островский, А. Н. Островский, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovsky, Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky, Ostrovskiy Aleksandr Nikolaevich, Aleksandr Nikolaevitch Ostrovski, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovskii, Aleksandr Nikolajevič Ostrovskij, Aleksander Nikolaevič Ostrovskij, Aleksander Nikolajevitsj Ostrovski, Александр Островский, Александр Николаевич Остро, Александр (Aleksandr) Островский (Ostrovskij)

Disambiguation Notice:

This is the page for Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky, the 19th century Russian playwright. Nikolai Ostrovsky (or Ostrowski in the German spelling) was a 20th century Soviet novelist. They should not be confused.

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Works by Alexander Ostrovsky

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The Storm (1998) 68 copies, 1 review

Plays (2002) 24 copies

Five Plays of Alexander Ostrovsky (1969) 21 copies

Too clever by half (1992) — Author — 16 copies

The Forest (1999) 15 copies, 1 review

Four Plays: Too Clever by Half / Crazy Money / Innocent as Charged / the Storm (Absolute Classics) (1997) 11 copies

Artistes and Admirers: A Comedy in Four Acts (Classics of drama in English translation) (1970) 10 copies

Бесприданница (2003) 10 copies

A Family Affair (Absolute Classics) (1991) 10 copies

Without a Dowry and Other Plays (1997) 8 copies

Poverty Is No Crime: A Comedy in Three Acts (1854) 6 copies

Crazy Money (2013) 5 copies

Пьесы 5 copies

Het onweer (2016) 4 copies

Wolves and Sheep (2013) 4 copies

Poslednjaja zhertva (2013) 3 copies

Записки замоскворецкого жителя (1991) 3 copies

A Snow Maiden 3 copies

Bogatye nevesty (2013) 3 copies

Bez viny vinovatye (2013) 3 copies

An Ardent Heart (1992) 3 copies

Larisa and the Merchants (2013) 3 copies

Serdce ne kamen' (2013) 2 copies

Snegurochka (2013) 2 copies

Trudovoj hleb (2013) 2 copies

Tushino (2013) 2 copies

Bednaja nevesta (2013) 2 copies

Blazh' (2013) 2 copies

Dmitrij Samozvanec i Vasilij Shujskij (2013) 2 copies

Greh da beda na kogo ne zhivet (2013) 2 copies

Dikarka (2013) 2 copies

Ne vse kotu maslenica (2013) 2 copies

Pravda - horosho, a schast'e luchshe (2013) 2 copies

Pozdnjaja ljubov' (2013) 2 copies

Nevol'nicy (2013) 2 copies

Na bojkom meste (2013) 2 copies

Ne ot mira sego (2013) 2 copies

Ne bylo ni grosha, da vdrug altyn (2013) 2 copies

Krasavec muzhchina (2013) 2 copies

Komik XVII stoletija (2013) 2 copies

Gorjachee serdce (2013) 2 copies

Dohodnoe mesto (2013) 2 copies

Bednost' ne porok (2013) 2 copies

Les (2013) 2 copies

Svoi ljudi - sochtemsja (2013) 2 copies

Koz'ma Zahar'ich Minin, Suhoruk (2013) 2 copies

A Profitable Position 2 copies

Ne tak zhivi, kak hochetsja (2013) 2 copies

Tjazhelye dni (2013) 2 copies

Pravda - Khorosho, a schastie Luchshe. A comedyiin four acts. 2 copies

Ne v svoi sani ne sadis' (2013) 2 copies

Vospitannica (2013) 2 copies

Voevoda (2013) 2 copies

Vasilisa Melent'eva (2013) 2 copies

V chuzhom piru pohmel'e (2013) 2 copies

Гроза 2 copies

Svetit, da ne greet (2013) 2 copies

Schastlivyj den' (2013) 2 copies

Staryj drug luchshe novyh dvuh (2013) 2 copies

Puchina (2013) 2 copies

Shutniki (2013) 2 copies

Staroe po-novomu (2013) 2 copies

Na vsjakogo mudreca dovol'no prostoty (2013) 2 copies

Поздняя любовь. Последняя жертва. (2008) 1 copy

Классика русской драмы (Klassika russkoj dramy) (2013) 1 copy

Svoi lyudi - sochtemsya. Groza. Bespridannitsa (Khrestomatiya shkol'nika) (2004) 1 copy

Пьесы 1 copy

Снегурочка 1 copy

Сочинения (1989) 1 copy

Кто поставил Горбачева? (2010) 1 copy

L'orage (2005) 1 copy

Избранные сочинения / Izbrannye sochineniia 1 copy

Bez viny vinovatye (2018) 1 copy

Don, mécènes et adorateurs (2006) 1 copy

Innocents coupables (2003) 1 copy

La forêt: [Bussang, Théâtre du Peuple, 25 juillet 1997] (1998) 1 copy

Teatro escogido (La tormenta. El bosque. La sin dote) 1 copy

Groza. Vechnye istorii / Гроза. Вечные истории (Russian Edition) (2025) 1 copy

Ostrovsky: Plays 2 (2003) 1 copy

Сочинения 1 copy

Groza. Bespridannitsa (2016) 1 copy

Sobranie sochinenii 1 copy

Полное собрание сочинений т. 2 1 copy

Свои люди - сочтемся ; Доходное место ; Волки и овцы 1 copy

Драматургия 1 copy

Пьесы / [вступит. статья "Великий русский драматург", подгот. текста и примеч. проф. С. Н. Дурылина] 1 copy

Sobranie sochineniĭ 1 copy

Plays (Ostrovsky) (2007) 1 copy

Доходное место 1 copy

The Storm 1 copy

Горячее сердце, Бешеные деньги, Лес 1 copy

Sobranie sochinenii v desiati tomakh 1 copy

Полное собрание сочинений: том VIII: Пьесы 1877-1881 1 copy

На всякого мудреца довольно простоты 1 copy

Old Vic Theatre Collection [mismatched ISBN/title] (1988) 1 copy

Pyesy (Plays) 1 copy

Plays two : the forest artistes and admirers wolves and sheep sin and sorrow. (2016) 1 copy

Innocent as Charged (in Four Plays) 1 copy

Incompatibility of Temper (2016) 1 copy

Пьесы. 1867-1870 1 copy

Balzaminov's Marriage 1 copy

Not a Kopek and Suddenly a Ruble 1 copy

It's Not All Shrovetide for the Cat 1 copy

Plays: A Protege of the Mistress, Poverty Is No Crime, Sin and Sorrow Are Common to All, It's a Family Affair - We'll Settle It Ourselves (1917) 1 copy

Гроза ; Лес ; Бесприданница 1 copy

Пьесы (2006) 1 copy

Con quelli di famiglia ci si arrangia: L'uragano: La foresta 1 copy

Näidendeid 1 copy

Octobre noir: 1993 : le bombardement du Parlement russe et les carnages perpétrés alors par les supplétifs de l'Oc (2025) 1 copy

Entre soi on s'arrange toujours - On n' évite ni le péché ni le malheur - La foret, tome 2 (1997) 1 copy

Три пьесы 1 copy

Избранные произведения 1 copy

Izbrannye sochinenija 1 copy

Osztrovszkij drámái 1 copy

L'uragano 1 copy

Con quelli di famiglia ci si arrangia ; L'uragano ; La foresta 1 copy

Собрание сочинений в 10 томах 1 copy

Äike : [näidend] 1 copy

Kaasavaratu : draama neljas vaatuses 1 copy

Гроза 1 copy

Äike : draama viies vaatuses 1 copy

Tulus amet : komöödia 5 vaatuses 1 copy

Äike : [näidend] 1 copy

Näidendeid 1 copy

Äike ; Mets ; Lumivalgeke ; Kaasavaratu : [näidendid] 1 copy

Äike : [draama 5 vaatuses] 1 copy

Gore ot uma. P'esy. P'esy. 1 copy

Избранное (1993) 1 copy

Художественная проза Пьесы 1 copy

Снегурочка Весенняя сказка : В 4-х д. с прологом 1 copy

Избранные пьесы. Островский А.Н. 1 copy

Commedie, Anche il più furbo ci può cascare- La fidanzata povera- Uragano 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Government Inspector and Other Russian Plays (1972) — Contributor — 87 copies, 1 review

The Modern Theatre, Volume 2 (1955) — Contributor — 82 copies

Treasury of the Theatre: From Aeschylus to Ostrovsky (1967) — Contributor — 50 copies

The Storm And Other Russian Plays (1960) — Contributor, some editions — 25 copies

19th Century Russian Drama (1963) — Contributor — 23 copies

The humour of Russia — Contributor — 4 copies

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Legal name: Ostrovsky, Alexander Nikolayevich
Other names: Ostrovsky, Alexander
Birthdate: 1823-04-12
Date of death: 1886-06-14
Gender: male
Education: First Moscow Gymnasium
Moscow State University
Occupations: dramatist
Nationality: Russia
Birthplace: Moscow, Russian Empire
Places of residence: Moscow, Russia (birth)
Shchelykovo, Russia (death)
Place of death: Shchelykavo, Russian Empire
Map Location: Russia
Disambiguation notice: This is the page for Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky, the 19th century Russian playwright. Nikolai Ostrovsky (or Ostrowski in the German spelling) was a 20th century Soviet novelist. They should not be confused.

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ariesblue 117 reviews

The Storm by Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovsky

a social melodrama and a tragic love story….

Katrina, married to a mama’s boy Tikhon–(I wander they existed in the seventeenth century it seems that they were always there)

KABANOVA ( the worst mother-in-law ever )destroyed their relationship.drive her at the end to commit suicide to escape her miserable and unbearable life….
Katrina has alove affair with Boris, a young man ,his uncle, controls his inheritance.....
she confess committing adultery to her husband infront of his mother
her show more feeling of guilt and despair poison her life and make her put an end to it…

one of the scene before her husband leaves ...

MME. KABANOVA.
Why are you standing about? Don't you know the way to do things? Lay your
commands upon your wife, exhort her how she is to live in your absence.

_Katerina looks on the ground

KABANOV.
But she knows quite well without that.

MME. KABANOVA.
The way you talk! Come, come, give your commands, that I may hear what
commands you lay upon her! And then when you come back, you can ask if she
has performed everything exactly.

KABANOV (_standing opposite Katerina_).
Obey mamma, Katia.

MME. KABANOVA.
Tell her not to be saucy to her mother-in-law.

Don't be saucy!

MME. KABANOVA.
To revere her mother-in-law as her own mother.

KABANOV.
Revere mamma, Katia, as your own mother.

MME. KABANOVA.
Not to sit with her hands in her lap like a fine lady.

KABANOV.
Do some work while I am away!

MME. KABANOVA.
Not to go staring out of window!

KABANOV.
But, mamma, whenever has she....

MME. KABANOVA.
Come, come!

KABANOV.
Don't look out of window!

MME. KABANOVA.
Not to stare at young fellows while you are away!

KABANOV.
But that is too much, mamma, for mercy's sake!

MME. KABANOVA (_severely_).
Enough of this nonsense! It's your duty to do what your mother tells you.

KABANOV.
Good-bye, Katia! [_Katerina falls on his neck_

MME. KABANOVA.
What do you want to hang on his neck like that for, shameless hussy! It's
not a lover you're parting from! He's your husband--your head! Don't you
know how to behave? Bow down at his feet! [_Katerina bows down to his
feet_.

After katia committed suicide…..
,
Here is your Katerina. You may do what you like with her. Her body is
here, take it; but her soul is not yours now; she is before a Judge more
merciful than you are, now!

MME. KABANOVA.
Hush! It's a sin even to weep for her!

KABANOV.
Mother, you have murdered her! you! you! you! show less

Mar 31, 2013

moricsala 281 reviews

Der Wald. by Alexander Ostrovsky