Nineteenth Century Russian Plays - An Anthology

by F.D. Reeve (Translator)

This anthology offers the reader six important Russian plays of the nineteenth century, in readable modern translations. The editor has provided an introduction surveying the development of drama and the theater in Russia and discussing the significance of the plays, and he has included a note on each play commenting on its literary and historical context.

"The Minor" by Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin
"The Trouble with Reason" by Aleksander Sergeyevich Griboyedov
"Boris Godunov" by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
"The Inspector General" by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol
"The Storm" by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky
"The Power of Darkness" by Lyov Nikolayevich Tolstoy

**Originally published under the title of "An Anthology of Russian Plays, Volume I"

Genres: Russia, Plays, Russian Literature, Drama, Fiction

468 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Franklin D'Olier "F.D." Reeve was an American academic, writer, poet, Russian translator, and editor. He was also the father of actor Christopher Reeve. He started his academic career teaching Russian language and literature at Columbia University before moving to Wesleyan University as chairman of the Russian Department.

Reeve was an officer of the Poetry Society of America, the founding editor of "Poetry Review," the secretary of Poets House in its formative years, and was associated with the New England Poetry Club and the New York Quarterly. He published over two dozen books of poetry, fiction, criticism, and translation.