{"product_id":"russian-comedy-of-the-nikolaian-rea","title":"Russian Comedy of the Nikolaian Rea","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese four Russian comedies were written during the reign of Nicholas I, a period of considerable repression and censorship. They represent the most popular genres of the period.Lensky's Her First Night was an immensely popular vaudeville which held the stage for years; Kozma Prutkov's Fantasy is a parody of vaudeville which was banned after one night. Turgenev's Luncheon with the Marshalis a comedy of manners about provincial life, and Saltykov-Schedrin's Pazukhin's Death is a satire of greed and corruption so savage that it was forbidden during the author's lifetime.This collection constitutes a remarkable comic spectrum which will assist in enlarging the English language repertoire with a set of newly available and hightly stageworthy scripts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44559994519790,"sku":"9789057020490","price":62.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9789057020490.jpg?v=1703705535","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/russian-comedy-of-the-nikolaian-rea","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}