The Storm

The Storm (Russian: Гроза, sometimes translated as The Thunderstorm) is a drama in five acts by the 19th-century Russian playwright Aleksandr Ostrovsky. As with Ostrovsky's other plays, The Storm is a work of social criticism, which is directed particularly towards the Russian merchant class. Ostrovsky wrote the play between July and October 1859. He submitted the to the censor and read it to the actors of the Maly Theatre (in Moscow), where it o... more
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Alexandr Ostrovsky

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (Russian: Александр Николаевич Островский; 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1823 – 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1886) was a Russian playwright. Ostrovsky graduated from the First Moscow Gymnasium (1835-1840) and then studied law at Moscow State University (1840-1843), which he...
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