We will read our people! Plays. Ostrovsky A.N.

Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886)-an outstanding Russian playwright, his work formed the basis of the modern Russian theater.

His people-we will consider it! (1849) - Comedy in four actions, the original name of the play Bankrupt.

The plot immerses the reader in the reality of a merchant family, whose head of which is the stingy and powerful merchant Silich Bolshov. In order not to pay on the loan, the big goes to various tricks and fraud.

The setting of the play brought the author a overwhelming success, but soon as an offensive for the Russian merchants was prohibited by Emperor Nicholas I. After 5 years the comedy again took a worthy place on theatrical Afishah.

The book also included the plays of the marriage of Balzaminov (the original name - what will you go for, then you will find) (1861) and without guilt guilty (1883).