A Provincial Lady

For the 1964 Australian television adaptation, see A Provincial Lady (film).
A Provincial Lady
Stanislavski and his wife Lilina
in the Moscow Art Theatre production in 1912.
Written byIvan Turgenev
Date premieredJanuary 1851
Place premieredMaly Theatre, Moscow
Original languageRussian
GenreOne-act play

A Provincial Lady (Russian: Провинциалка, romanized: Provintsialka) is a one-act play by Ivan Turgenev.[1] Written in 1850, it was first produced in January 1851 at a benefit performance for the seminal 19th-century Russian actor Mikhail Shchepkin at the Maly Theatre in Moscow.[1]

In the 20th century, the play was produced at the world-famous Moscow Art Theatre as part of a triple bill of works by Turgenev.[2] Constantin Stanislavski directed and played Count Liubin.[2] It opened on 5 March 1912.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Banham (1998, 1129) and Moser (1992, 247).
  2. ^ a b c Benedetti (1999, 213, 224).

Sources

  • Banham, Martin, ed. 1998. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0-521-43437-8.
  • Benedetti, Jean. 1999. Stanislavski: His Life and Art. Revised edition. Original edition published in 1988. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-52520-1.
  • Moser, Charles A., ed. 1992. The Cambridge History of Russian Literature. Rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0-521-42567-0.


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