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WITHOUT A DOWRY
Alexander Ostrovsky

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Alexander Ostrovsky pondered over the plot of the drama «Without a Dowry» for several years. The play was premiered in Maly Theater in 1878. Here is an excerpt from the book by Vladimir Lakshin about the great dramatist, who is also called the «founding father of Russian theatre»:

« Ostrovsky marked the manuscript of «Without a Dowry» with a note “Opus 40”. He kept a strict record of his original works and had great hopes for the “anniversary” piece. He sent Pavel Fedorov, the Repertoire Director, a note accompanying the manuscript that said «This play opens a new chapter in my work».

The play, according to Lakshin, «remains a timeless reminder of how deep the chasm between the two sides of success, the artistic and the public one, can be.»

The play is marked by protagonist’s special emotional undercurrent and complex feelings, what might be defined as poetical innuendo, the predecessors of Chekhov’s drama.

In the play, the audience meets Larisa, the main character, in the most critical moment of her life. The passions have already burned out, worlds once created, have collapsed, hope has been replaced by disappointment hundreds of times, leaving Larisa’s soul in ashes. The return of former lover Paratov is the last seduction, the deceitful call for happiness, after which come personal crisis and moral breakdown.

The more you live, the more you understand life and the less you are inclined to lecture. In «Without a Dowry» one of the most prominent motifs is the idea of the artist, reinforced by the search for the meaning of life and the desire to unriddle its mysteries, and the attempt to distinguish good from evil.

The idea to recreate the tragedy of a woman's soul - a poetic, dreamy, selfish and proud soul was a task that seemed like a very attractive and modern task to Ostrovsky. Larisa is a victim of the world – a world where everything can be bought and sold and where people are all strangers to each other. But she is also a part of that world.


Lakshin, Vladimir (1982). "Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky". Iskusstvo, Moscow. Life in Art series. Retrieved 2012-03-01.



Performance Director – Yuri Solomin

Designer – Alexander Glazunov

Composer – Eduard Gleizer

Costume Designer – Alexei Trefilov

Lighting Designer – Damir Ismagilov

Сhoirmaster, vocal coach - Galina Guseva

Assistant Directors – Natalia Demidova, Vladimir Egorov



Premiere – October 20th, 2012

Running Time: 2 hours 50 minutes

Suitable for 12+yrs

A drama in 4 acts
The performance runs with one intermission

Roles and actors:

Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova, a middle-aged widow народная артистка России Lyudmila Titova народная артистка России Elena Kharitonova

Larisa, her daughter, a maiden Alexandra Ivanova

Mokiy Parmenych Knurov, major dealer, an elderly man with a huge state Vyacheslav Ezepov

Vassiliy Danilitch Vozhevatov, a very young man, one of the representatives of a rich trading firm Sergey Potapov Maksim Khrustalyov

Julius Kapitonitch Karandyshev, a young man, a clerk of modest means Dmitriy Marin

Sergei Sergeyevich Paratov, a brilliant landlord, a shipowner заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev

Robinson, a provincial actor народный артист России Aleksey Kudinovich

Evfrosinia Potapovna, Karandyshev's aunt Lyudmila Pashkova

Gavrilo, a counterman, an owner of the coffee house on the boulevard заслуженный артист России Pyotr Skladchikov Viktor Andrianov

Ivan, a servant in the coffee house

Ilya, a gypsy Mikhail Fomenko Konstantin Yudaev

A servant in Ogudalova's house Andrey Manke Stanislav Soshnikov

WITHOUT A DOWRY
Alexander Ostrovsky
A drama in 4 acts
The performance runs with one intermission

Nearest shows:

Alexander Ostrovsky pondered over the plot of the drama «Without a Dowry» for several years. The play was premiered in Maly Theater in 1878. Here is an excerpt from the book by Vladimir Lakshin about the great dramatist, who is also called the «founding father of Russian theatre»:

« Ostrovsky marked the manuscript of «Without a Dowry» with a note “Opus 40”. He kept a strict record of his original works and had great hopes for the “anniversary” piece. He sent Pavel Fedorov, the Repertoire Director, a note accompanying the manuscript that said «This play opens a new chapter in my work».

The play, according to Lakshin, «remains a timeless reminder of how deep the chasm between the two sides of success, the artistic and the public one, can be.»

The play is marked by protagonist’s special emotional undercurrent and complex feelings, what might be defined as poetical innuendo, the predecessors of Chekhov’s drama.

In the play, the audience meets Larisa, the main character, in the most critical moment of her life. The passions have already burned out, worlds once created, have collapsed, hope has been replaced by disappointment hundreds of times, leaving Larisa’s soul in ashes. The return of former lover Paratov is the last seduction, the deceitful call for happiness, after which come personal crisis and moral breakdown.

The more you live, the more you understand life and the less you are inclined to lecture. In «Without a Dowry» one of the most prominent motifs is the idea of the artist, reinforced by the search for the meaning of life and the desire to unriddle its mysteries, and the attempt to distinguish good from evil.

The idea to recreate the tragedy of a woman's soul - a poetic, dreamy, selfish and proud soul was a task that seemed like a very attractive and modern task to Ostrovsky. Larisa is a victim of the world – a world where everything can be bought and sold and where people are all strangers to each other. But she is also a part of that world.


Lakshin, Vladimir (1982). "Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky". Iskusstvo, Moscow. Life in Art series. Retrieved 2012-03-01.



Performance Director – Yuri Solomin

Designer – Alexander Glazunov

Composer – Eduard Gleizer

Costume Designer – Alexei Trefilov

Lighting Designer – Damir Ismagilov

Сhoirmaster, vocal coach - Galina Guseva

Assistant Directors – Natalia Demidova, Vladimir Egorov



Premiere – October 20th, 2012

Running Time: 2 hours 50 minutes

Suitable for 12+yrs

Roles and actors

Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova, a middle-aged widow народная артистка России Lyudmila Titova народная артистка России Elena Kharitonova

Larisa, her daughter, a maiden Alexandra Ivanova

Mokiy Parmenych Knurov, major dealer, an elderly man with a huge state Vyacheslav Ezepov

Vassiliy Danilitch Vozhevatov, a very young man, one of the representatives of a rich trading firm Sergey Potapov Maksim Khrustalyov

Julius Kapitonitch Karandyshev, a young man, a clerk of modest means Dmitriy Marin

Sergei Sergeyevich Paratov, a brilliant landlord, a shipowner заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev

Robinson, a provincial actor народный артист России Aleksey Kudinovich

Evfrosinia Potapovna, Karandyshev's aunt Lyudmila Pashkova

Gavrilo, a counterman, an owner of the coffee house on the boulevard заслуженный артист России Pyotr Skladchikov Viktor Andrianov

Ivan, a servant in the coffee house

Ilya, a gypsy Mikhail Fomenko Konstantin Yudaev

A servant in Ogudalova's house Andrey Manke Stanislav Soshnikov

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