Russian Comedy of the Nikolaian Rea

<p>These four Russian comedies were written during the reign of Nicholas I, a period of considerable repression and censorship. They represent the most popular genres of the period. <br>Lensky's <em>Her First Night </em>was an immensely popular vaudeville which held the stage for years; Kozma Prutkov's <em>Fantasy </em>is a parody of vaudeville which was banned after one night. Turgenev's <em>Luncheon with the Marshal</em> is a comedy of manners about provincial life, and Saltykov-Schedrin's Pazukhin's <em>Death </em>is a satire of greed and corruption so savage that it was forbidden during the author's lifetime. <br>This collection constitutes a remarkable comic spectrum which will assist in enlarging the English language repertoire with a set of newly available and hightly stageworthy scripts.</p> Lensky - Her First Night Kozma Prutkov - Fantasy Turgenev - Luncheon with the Marshal Saltykov-Schedrin- Pazukhin's Death