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As with many of Ostrovsky's plays, the target of the author's satire is the merchant class and the inevitable corruption associated with mercantile endeavors. In Ostrovsky's bitterly realistic world, all personal encounters end in transactions, some humourous and some tragic.

Although his work has somewhat fallen into obscurity, Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886) is considered to be one of the greatest of Russian dramatists. He was one of the pioneers of a realistic style, which later found exponents in celebrated European dramatists like Ibsen and Strindberg. Of Ostrovsky's 47 plays, one of the best known is The Storm, the portrait of an idealistic young woman trapped in a world of crushing and venal orthodoxy. The Storm formed the basis of Janacek's opera, Katya Kabanova.

Drama o «malen'kom cheloveke», slabom i dobrom, tonushhem v puchine zhitejskogo morja. Geroj p'esy Kisel'nikov prohodit put' ot studenta – idealista 30-h godov do melkogo sudejskogo chinovnika 40-h godov. Kazhdoe dejstvie p'esy proishodit cherez 5 - 7 let i risuet put' molodogo cheloveka, okonchivshego universitet, vstupajushhego v zhizn' s nadezhdami i upovanijami na svetloe budushhee. Kakov zhe itog?

Beshenye den'gi (rannie nazvanija "Kosa - na kamen'", "Ne vsjo to zoloto, chto blestit") - komedija v pjati dejstvijah Aleksandra Ostrovskogo. V jetoj p'ese, kak i v bol'shinstve svoih rabot, Ostrovskij razrabatyvaet temu krizisa dvorjanstva. Ostrovskij otmetil v dvorjanstve ego novoe otnoshenie k burzhuazii. Ono prisposablivaetsja k novomu porjadku veshhej, nekotorye ego predstaviteli stanovjatsja prizhival'shhikami burzhuazii, uchatsja u nejo novym metodam vorovstva i grabezha.

Talanty i poklonniki - komedija v chetyrjoh dejstvijah Aleksandra Nikolaevicha Ostrovskogo. Negina - populjarnaja, no bednaja molodaja aktrisa. Ejo zhenih Meluzov uchit ejo naukam i chestnoj zhizni. Knjaz' Dulebov, nadejas' ispol'zovat' ejo stesnjonnoe polozhenie, predlagaet ej stat' soderzhankoj. Aktrisa rezko otkazyvaet i vyzyvaet u Dulebova jarost' i zhelanie mesti.

Radiospektakl' "Svetit, da ne greet" po odnoimennoj p'ese russkogo dramaturga Aleksandra Ostrovskogo. Napisana v 1880 godu. V staroj usad'be, uzhe davno ne poseshhavshejsja ego vladelicej pomeshhicej Renevoj, zhivet upravljajushhij Vasil'kov so svoej edinstvennoj docher'ju - moloden'koj Olej.

Istorija, kotoruju rasskazyvaet Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovskij v p'ese "Serdce ne kamen'", stara, kak mir. V bogatom kupecheskom dome, slovno ptica v kletke, tomitsja molodaja krasavica Vera Filippovna. V pjatnadcat' let ona vyshla zamuzh za bogacha Karkunova. Ljubvi Vera Filippovna k muzhu ne pitala, no buduchi porjadochnoj baryshnej byla emu vernoj zhenoj.

Bednost' ne porok (pervonachal'noe nazvanie "Gordym Bog protivitsja") - komedija v trjoh dejstvijah Aleksandra Nikolaevicha Ostrovskogo. Napisana v 1853 godu. Napechatana otdel'nym izdaniem v nachale 1854 g. Dejstvie proishodit v * gorode, v dome kupca Torcova, vo vremja Svjatok. Istorija ljubvi prikazchika Miti i Ljuby Torcovoj razvorachivaetsja na fone zhizni kupecheskogo doma. Ostrovskij v ocherednoj raz voshitil svoih poklonnikov zamechatel'nym znaniem mira i udivitel'no jarkim jazykom.

Volki i ovcy - komedijnaja p'esa v pjati dejstvijah Aleksandra Ostrovskogo. P'esa napisana v 1875 godu. Dejstvie komedii proishodit v nebol'shom provincial'nom russkom gorodke v 1870-e gody. Molodaja, krasivaja i bogataja vdova Kupavina mechtaet o schast'e i ljubvi. Ona ne podozrevaet, kakie strasti kipjat vokrug nejo. Mnogim ne daet pokoja ejo bogatstvo, ogromnye lesnye ugod'ja, krasivejshee imenie.

Zamechatel'naja p'esa-skazka A. N. Ostrovskogo napisana po motivam odnoimennoj russkoj narodnoj skazki, zapisannoj A. N. Afanas'evym. Dejstvie proishodit v Strane berendeev v doistoricheskie vremena. V nej rasskazyvaetsja o Snegurochke - docheri Deda-Moroza i Vesny-Krasny.

Les - komedija v pjati dejstvijah russkogo dramaturga Aleksandra Ostrovskogo 1870 goda. Dejstvie proishodit v pomest'e pomeshhicy Gurmyzhskoj, kotoraja po svoej vole vershit sud'by zavisjashhih ot nee ljudej. Ona prodaet prinadlezhashhij ej les potomu, chto ej nuzhny den'gi - dlja bednyh - po ee sobstvennym slovam. Odnako dovol'no bystro stanovitsja jasno, chto den'gi dlja Gurmyzhskoj - prezhde vsego vozmozhnost' kupit' sebe molodogo vozljublennogo.

Apollon Evgen'evich Okojomov - pomeshhik, krasavec-muzhchina, kotoryj zhivjot v schastlivom brake v uezdnom gorodke Brjahimove. Buduchi v Moskve on proigralsja v karty i zalez v dolgi. Okojomov reshil vskruzhit' golovu moskovskoj millionershe Obolduevoj i tem samym popravit' svoi finansovye dela. Dlja togo, chtoby pretendovat' na pridanoe Obolduevoj, Apollon reshaet srazu razvestis' s zhenoj. Razvod on poluchit, tol'ko esli ulichit suprugu v nevernosti.

Bez viny vinovatye - p'esa A. N. Ostrovskogo (1881 - 1883), klassicheskij obrazec melodramy. V centre vnimanija Ostrovskogo - harakter sil'noj i volevoj zhenshhiny, sposobnoj duhovno voskresnut' posle tjazhjolyh udarov sud'by. Vse jeti gody (a posle 1 akta proshlo 17 let) ona zhila s postojannoj vnutrennej bol'ju. No ona smogla vystojat', nesmotrja na vse napasti, i realizovat' sebja v tvorchestve. Ona stala izvestnoj talantlivoj aktrisoj.

Radiospektakl' "Poslednjaja zhertva" po po odnoimennoj p'ese Aleksandra Nikolaevicha Ostrovskogo. Na chto sposobna ljubjashhaja zhenshhina? Chto mozhet prinesti v zhertvu ljubvi? Vse! A chto, esli ee obmanuli? Verojatno, ona snova sposobna na vse! Ved' serdce ne prinimaet strogih prikazov. Ono ne mozhet ljubit' togo, kto sposoben jeto ocenit' po dostoinstvu. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Spektakl' "Shutniki" po odnoimennoj p'ese Aleksandra Nikolaevicha Ostrovskogo, god sozdanija - 1864. U bednogo otstavnogo pomeshhika Pavla Prohorovicha Obroshenov dve docheri. V mladshuju, Verochku, vljublen bednyj skromnyj junosha Aleksandr Petrovich Gol'cov. On delaet predlozhenie, kotoroe ohotno prinimaetsja, i uzhe idut dogovory o svad'be. No vyjasnjaetsja, chto s Gol'covym proizoshla beda - na pohorony materi on potratil chuzhie den'gi.

Katerina Kabanova zamuzhem za slabovol'nym Tihonom, kotoryj nahoditsja pod kablukom u vlastnoj materi, Kabanihi. Sestra muzha - legkomyslennaja Varvara - ne ispytyvaet k Katerine osoboj privjazannosti, no odnazhdy provociruet vstrechu Kateriny i Borisa, v kotorogo vljublena Katerina. Poterjav golovu ot ljubvi, Katerina vse zhe obnaruzhivaet trusost' i bezvolie Borisa, rasskazyvaet vse muzhu i zakanchivaet zhizn' samoubijstvom, utopivshis' v Volge.

"Nevol'nicy" - komedija v chetyrjoh dejstvijah Aleksandra Ostrovskogo. Napisana v 1881 godu. Moloduju osobu, vyshedshuju iz zhenskogo pansiona, totchas pristraivajut zamuzh za pozhilogo bogacha. No i dlja nee jetot brak ne sluchaen: molodoj "bessrebrenik", predmet romanticheskoj ljubvi, sluzhit u ee muzha. Opytnaja podruga daet devushke uroki hitrosti, no vse ulovki okazyvajutsja naprasnymi.

The play is set in a small town, located on the banks of the Volga. Romantic beauty Larisa Ogudalova, daughter of an impoverished widow noblewoman and, of course, dowry, is madly in love with Sergei Sergeyevich Paratov, owner and elegant gentleman, unprincipled and calculating man who is ready for his own whim to gamble not only his, but also someone else's life.

Despite its patina of humor, the work is a merciless exposé of the commercial middle class dishonesty, and the convenient immorality hiding behind social conventions, which are characteristic of a developing urban society. The most noble character, Serafima, is a compelling mixture of naïveté, whimsicality, sentimentality, and obstinate practicality - one of the finest character portraits in Russian drama.

"Les" - komedija v pjati dejstvijah russkogo dramaturga Aleksandra Ostrovskogo 1870 goda. Sjuzhet razvorachivaetsja v glubokoj provincii, gde dozhivaet svoj vek izvestnaja v svojo vremja krasavica, a nyne prosto gospozha Gurmyzhskaja.