“Shine, but not warm” - a play in five acts by Alexander Ostrovsky and Nikolai Yakovlevich Solovyov . It was written in 1880 .
| Shine, but not warm | |
|---|---|
| Genre | play |
| Author | and |
| Original language | Russian |
| Date of writing | 1880 |
| Date of first publication | 1881 |
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The basis of the play was Ostrovsky's revised play by N. Ya. Solovyov, “Broken Happiness.” The play “Shines, but does not warm” was published in the weekly illustrated magazine “ Spark ” (1881, No. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) signed by both authors.
It was first staged on November 6, 1880 in Moscow, at the Maly Theater , in the benefit performance of M.P. Sadovsky , who played the role of Rabachev.
Actors
- Anna Vladimirovna Reneva - landowner, a girl under 30 years old.
- Semyon Semyonitch Zaleshin is her middle-aged neighbor.
- Avdotya Vasilievna - his wife.
- Khudobaev is a significant retired official, 50 years old.
- Denis Ivanovich Deryugin is a prosperous peasant.
- Dasha is the maid of Renevoy.
- Ilyich is an old man, a courtyard man from Reneva’s serfs.
- Stepanida is his wife, an old woman.
- Boris Borisych Rabachev is a young man, a poor landowner, and Reneva’s closest neighbor.
- Olya Vasilkova is a young girl, the daughter of a former manager of the Reneva estate.