In 1429, Jeanne d’Arc, a young peasant woman from Domremy, took charge of the French army and for a year changed the course of the Hundred Years War between England and France. The turning point was the lifting of the siege from Orleans. Inspired by Jeanne, the soldiers won a series of brilliant victories and … Read more
AM Volodin Five Evenings The action takes place in Leningrad. Evening the first. In the room sit Zoya and Ilyin. Zoya is a saleswoman in a deli. Ilyin in Leningrad on vacation, he lives somewhere in the North. The vacation ends – it’s time to leave. He tells Zoya that in the next house, above … Read more
The play unfolds throughout the day in London, in the mansion of the couple of Chilterns and in the apartment of Lord Goring, in the early 1890’s. A party in the octagonal hall of the baronet of Sir Robert Chiltern, occupying the responsible post of Comrade Foreign Minister, is one of the most exquisite rides … Read more
The poem begins with a description of the Moscow ball. The guests came together, the elderly ladies in magnificent dresses sit near the walls and look at the crowd with “dull attention”. Grandees in ribbons and stars sit behind cards and sometimes come to look at the dancers. Young beauties are whirling, “The Hussar twists … Read more
Riders are not just horsemen: the so-called Athenians called the whole estate those who had the money to keep the warhorse. They were wealthy people, they had small estates outside the city, they lived by their income and wanted Athens to be a peaceful, closed agricultural state. The poet Aristophanes wanted peace; That’s why he … Read more
Banabhatta Kadambari Roman in prose, left unfinished and finished, according to legend, the son of Bana – Bhushana. To the king Shudrake comes a girl from the caste of the untouchables (candals) and gives him a talking parrot. At the request of Shudraki, the parrot tells that, as a chick, he barely escaped the mountaineers-hunters … Read more
Maxim Gorky Passion-mordashi In a provincial town, a young merchant of Bavarian kvass meets a walking woman in the evening. She, drunk, stands in a puddle and stomps her feet, sprinkling mud like children. The trader leads her to her house; she agrees to go with him, thinking that he is her client. “House” is … Read more
MOTHER Opera in four acts (eight scenes) Libretto by AM Fiko Characters: Pelageya Nilovna Pavel Vlasov, her son Sashenka Andrei Nakhodka Mezzo soprano Baritone Soprano Bass Weightsmen Samoilov Mazin Bukin } Workers, Paul’s friends Bass Tenor Tenor Baritone Yegor Ivanovich Sizov, an old worker, Uncle Mazina Maria Korsunova, widow, merchant, neighbor Vlasov Director of factory … Read more
A room littered with all sorts of junk. In the back wall there is a window curtained with sacking. A bucket is suspended from the ceiling. In the room there are two iron beds, one of which sits Mick. Hearing that the front door slams, he gets up and leaves slowly. Aston and Davis enter. … Read more
The first, second and third actions occur in the winter of 1918, the fourth act – in early 1919. The scene of action is the city of Kiev. Action first Scene 1 Evening. Apartment Turbins. In the fireplace fire, the clock strikes nine times. Alexei Vasilyevich Turbin, a 30-year-old artillery colonel, bent over the papers, … Read more