Boris Godunov and the Little Tragedies (Oberon Modern Plays) - Softcover

Pushkin, Aleksander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840022620 ISBN 13: 9781840022629

Publisher: Oberon Books, 2002

Synopsis

Following the death of Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov becomes regent for the feeble-minded Tsar Fyodor, after the original heir to the throne, the boy-prince Dimitri, dies mysteriously. It is widely rumored that mad Boris murdered the boy, and when a renegade monk later appears claiming to be Dimitri, he rapidly becomes a focus for revolt. Also includes: Mozart and Salieri and A Stone Guest.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen Mulrine, poet and playwright, has written extensively for radio and television. His translations from Russian include plays by Pushkin, Gogol, Ostrovsky, Turgenev and Chekhov, as well as contemporary works by Gelman and Petrushevskaya. His adaptation of Yerofeev's Moscow Stations, published by Oberon, has been staged in Edinburgh, London and New York. Oberon publishes a collection of his Turgenev translations and two collections of his Ostrovsky translations.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Russian (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1840022620
• ISBN 13: 9781840022629
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200