A Provincial Lady
A Provincial Lady | |
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Stanislavski and his wife Lilina in the Moscow Art Theatre production in 1912. | |
Written by | Ivan Turgenev |
Date premiered | January 1851 |
Place premiered | Maly Theatre, Moscow |
Original language | Russian |
Genre | One-act play |
A Provincial Lady (Russian: Провинциалка, romanized: Provintsialka) is a one-act play by Ivan Turgenev.[1] Written in 1850, it was first produced in January 1851 at a benefit performance for the seminal 19th-century Russian actor Mikhail Shchepkin at the Maly Theatre in Moscow.[1]
In the 20th century, the play was produced at the world-famous Moscow Art Theatre as part of a triple bill of works by Turgenev.[2] Constantin Stanislavski directed and played Count Liubin.[2] It opened on 5 March 1912.[2]
References
- ^ a b Banham (1998, 1129) and Moser (1992, 247).
- ^ a b c Benedetti (1999, 213, 224).
Sources
- Banham, Martin, ed. 1998. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0-521-43437-8.
- Benedetti, Jean. 1999. Stanislavski: His Life and Art. Revised edition. Original edition published in 1988. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-52520-1.
- Moser, Charles A., ed. 1992. The Cambridge History of Russian Literature. Rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0-521-42567-0.
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Works by Ivan Turgenev
- Rudin (1857)
- Home of the Gentry (1859)
- On the Eve (1860)
- Fathers and Sons (1862)
- Smoke (1867)
- Virgin Soil (1877)
- The Jew (1847)
- The Diary of a Superfluous Man (1850)
- A Sportsman's Sketches (1852)
- Mumu (1854)
- Yakov Pasynkov (1855)
- Faust (1856)
- Asya (1858)
- First Love (1860)
- King Lear of the Steppes (1870)
- Torrents of Spring (1872)
- The Song of Triumphant Love (1881)
- The Mysterious Tales (1883)
- A Rash Thing to Do (1843)
- It Tears Where It is Thin (1847)
- Breakfast at the Chief's (1849/56)
- A Conversation on the Highway (1850/51)
- Lack of Money (1846/52)
- A Provincial Lady (1851)
- Fortune's Fool (1857/62)
- A Month in the Country (1855/72)
- An Evening in Sorrento (1882)
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