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Scenes from the Past
Trilogy of satirical plays by Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scenes from the Past (or Pictures of the Past; Russian: Картины прошедшего, romanized: Kartiny proshedshego, first published in English as The Trilogy of Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin) is a trilogy of satirical plays by Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin, written from 1854 to 1869. The first play, Krechinsky's Wedding (Russian: Свадьба Кречинского), was written in 1854 during Sukhovo-Kobylin's imprisonment, premiered in 1855 and published in Sovremennik magazine in 1856. The second play, The Trial (Russian: Дело), was written in 1858 an premiered only in 1881, as hadn't passed the censorship. The last play of the trilogy, Tarelkin's Death (Russian: Смерть Тарелкина), was written in 1869 and premiered only in 1900.
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Scenes from the Past | |
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![]() First Russian edition of the trilogy | |
Written by | Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin |
Date premiered | 1855 (Krechinsky's Wedding) 1881 (The Trial) 1900 (Tarelkin's Death) |
Place premiered | Maly Theatre, Moscow, Russia |
Original language | Russian |
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