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Word: ostrovski (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Play's The Thing. For the most part the produce of these theaters is nonpolitical. Their repertories are extremely broad. Probably nowhere in the world can you find such varied fare-on successive nights Shakespeare, Sheridan, Chekhov, Goldoni, Ostrovski, Shaw, Molière, Oscar Wilde, Gorki. Occasionally new shows about the "great patriotic war" are produced, like Leonid Leonov's Invasion, a hot and angry placard. But actors and directors take a long view and do not feel that any new plays have yet come out of the war which will live as Russian drama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Russia Likes Plays Too | 10/23/1944 | See Source »

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