Undergrowth. Fonvizin D.

Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (1744 or 1745-1792) was a talented prose writer, a bold publicist, a hardworking translator, a noticeable statesman, but he entered the history of Russian literature primarily as a playwright, and in the first

turn of the turn - As the author of the unfading “undergrowth”, almost the only comedy of the 18th century, which is still put in theaters and causes a live reaction of the public.

The publication combines the dramatic works of D. I. Fonvizin, as well as the materials prepared by him for the journal "Friend of Honest People, or Old Duma" prohibited by censorship.