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Krechinsky's Wedding
''Krechinsky's Wedding'' (russian: Свадьба Кречинского) is a three-act comedy written by Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin in 1854, based on a rumor in Moscow society about a card sharp who received a large sum of money from a usurer Usury () is the practice of making unethical or immoral monetary loans that unfairly enrich the lender. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning taking advantage of others' misfortunes—or in a legal sense, where an interest rate is c ... by pawning a false diamond. The author wrote parts of the play in prison while under suspicion for the murder of his mistress. The comedy the first play in a dramatic trilogy '' Pictures of the Past'' (), which also includes ''The Trial'' () and ''Tarelkin's Death'' (). The play was first published in 1856 in volume 57, issue 5 of the journal '' The Contemporary''. Film versions * Krechinsky's Wedding (1953 film), directed by Aleksey Zolotnitsky * Krechinsky's Wedding (1974 film), directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Sukhovo-Kobylin (russian: Александр Васильевич Сухово-Кобылин) (, Moscow - , Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France), was a Russian philosopher and playwright, chiefly known for his satirical plays criticizing Russian imperial bureaucracy. His sister Evgenia Tur was a popular novelist, critic and journalist and his sister Sofia was a painter of some note. Biography A rich aristocrat who often travelled, Sukhovo-Kobylin was arrested, prosecuted and tried for seven years in Russia for the murder of his French mistress Louise-Simone Dimanche, a crime of which he is nowadays generally believed to have been innocent. He only managed to achieve acquittal by means of giving enormous bribes to court officials and by using all of his contacts in the Russian elite. According to his own version as well as the generally accepted view today, he was targeted precisely because he had the financial capabilities to give such bribes. Based on his personal exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Card Sharp
A card sharp (also cardsharp, card shark or cardshark, sometimes hyphenated) is a person who uses skill and/or deception to win at poker or other card games. "Sharp" and "shark" spellings have varied over time and by region. The label is not always intended as pejorative, and is sometimes used to refer to practitioners of card tricks for entertainment purposes. In general usage, principally in American English and more commonly with the "shark" spelling, the term has also taken on the meaning of an expert card gambler who takes advantage of less-skilled players, also called an "advantage player", without any implication of actual cheating at cards, in much the same way that "" or "pool hustler" can (especially when used by non-players) be intended to refer to a skilled player rather than a cheater or swindler. The synonym to "card sharp", "", when used with reference to card-playing and swindlers, has pejorative connotations. A card sharp or shark (by either of the gamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usury
Usury () is the practice of making unethical or immoral monetary loans that unfairly enrich the lender. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning taking advantage of others' misfortunes—or in a legal sense, where an interest rate is charged in excess of the maximum rate that is allowed by law. A loan may be considered usurious because of excessive or abusive interest rates or other factors defined by the laws of a state. Someone who practices usury can be called a ''usurer'', but in modern colloquial English may be called a ''loan shark''. In many historical societies including ancient Christian, Jewish, and Islamic societies, usury meant the charging of interest of any kind, and was considered wrong, or was made illegal. During the Sutra period in India (7th to 2nd centuries BC) there were laws prohibiting the highest castes from practicing usury. Similar condemnations are found in religious texts from Buddhism, Judaism (''Loans and interest in Judaism, ribbit'' in He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pictures Of The Past
''Scenes from the Past'' (or ''Pictures of the Past''; russian: Картины прошедшего, translit=Kartiny proshedshego, first published in English as ''The Trilogy of Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin''), is a trilogy of satirical plays by Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin, written from 1854 to 1869. The first play, ''Krechinsky's Wedding'' (russian: Свадьба Кречинского) was written in 1854 during Sukhovo-Kobylin's imprisonment, premiered in 1855 and published in ''Sovremennik'' magazine in 1856. The second play, ''The Trial'' (russian: Дело) was written in 1858 an premiered only in 1881, as hadn't passed the censorship. The last play of the trilogy, ''Tarelkin's Death'' (russian: Смерть Тарелкина) was written in 1869 and premiered only in 1900. Background In 1850 Sukhovo-Kobylin gets arrested as a suspect in the murder of his French mistress Louise-Simone Dimanche. Five of his serfs have testified his culpability during police interrogations. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovremennik
''Sovremennik'' ( rus, «Современник», p=səvrʲɪˈmʲenʲːɪk, a=Ru-современник.ogg, "The Contemporary") was a Russian literary, social and political magazine, published in Saint Petersburg in 1836–1866. It came out four times a year in 1836–1843 and once a month after that. The magazine published poetry, prose, critical, historical, ethnographic and other material. ''Sovremennik'' originated as a private enterprise of Alexander Pushkin who was running out of money to support his growing family. To assist him with the magazine, the poet asked Nikolai Gogol, Pyotr Vyazemsky and Vladimir Odoyevsky to contribute their works to the journal. It was there that the first substantial assortment of Fyodor Tyutchev's poems was published. Soon it became clear that Pushkin's establishment could not compete with Faddey Bulgarin's journal, which published more popular and less demanding literature. ''Sovremennik'' was out of date and could not command a paying aud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krechinsky's Wedding (1953 Film)
''Krechinsky's Wedding'' (russian: Свадьба Кречинского, Svadba Krechinskogo) is a Soviet film adaptation of the performance directed by Vasili Vanin in Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre in 1951. It is based on the play of the same name by Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin.Fortune p.126 Film adaptation directed by Aleksey Zolotnitskiy in 1953. Cast * Yuri Fomichyov * Viktor Kostetskiy * Marina Kuznetsova as Lidochka * Mikhail Nazvanov as Krechinsky * Vyacheslav Novikov as Fyodor * Lev Petropavlovski * Georgiy Petrovskiy as Nakanor Savvich Bek * Boris Smirnov * Pavel Tarasov as Rasplyuev * Olga Vikland Olga may refer to: People and fictional characters * Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha * Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga" Places Russia * Olga, Russia, ... as Atueva * Zoya Vinogradova References Bibliography * Fortune, Richard. ''Alexander Sukhovo-Kobylin'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krechinsky's Wedding (1974 Film)
''Krechinsky's Wedding'' (russian: Свадьба Кречинского) is a three-act comedy written by Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin in 1854, based on a rumor in Moscow society about a card sharp who received a large sum of money from a usurer by pawning a false diamond. The author wrote parts of the play in prison while under suspicion for the murder of his mistress. The comedy the first play in a dramatic trilogy ''Pictures of the Past'' (), which also includes ''The Trial'' () and ''Tarelkin's Death'' (). The play was first published in 1856 in volume 57, issue 5 of the journal ''The Contemporary''. Film versions * Krechinsky's Wedding (1953 film), directed by Aleksey Zolotnitsky * Krechinsky's Wedding (1974 film), directed by Vladimir Vorobyov * Krechinsky's Wedding (1975 film), directed by Mariya Muat and Leonid Kheyfets * Joker (2002 film) Joker(s) or The Joker(s) may refer to: * Joker (playing card) * Jester, a person employed to tell jokes and provide entertainment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krechinsky's Wedding (1975 Film)
''Krechinsky's Wedding'' (russian: Свадьба Кречинского) is a three-act comedy written by Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin in 1854, based on a rumor in Moscow society about a card sharp who received a large sum of money from a usurer by pawning a false diamond. The author wrote parts of the play in prison while under suspicion for the murder of his mistress. The comedy the first play in a dramatic trilogy ''Pictures of the Past'' (), which also includes ''The Trial'' () and ''Tarelkin's Death'' (). The play was first published in 1856 in volume 57, issue 5 of the journal ''The Contemporary''. Film versions * Krechinsky's Wedding (1953 film), directed by Aleksey Zolotnitsky * Krechinsky's Wedding (1974 film), directed by Vladimir Vorobyov * Krechinsky's Wedding (1975 film), directed by Mariya Muat and Leonid Kheyfets * Joker (2002 film) Joker(s) or The Joker(s) may refer to: * Joker (playing card) * Jester, a person employed to tell jokes and provide entertainment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joker (2002 Film)
Joker(s) or The Joker(s) may refer to: * Joker (playing card) * Jester, a person employed to tell jokes and provide entertainment Fictional characters Print * Joker (character), a DC Comics character ** ''The Joker'' (comic book) ** ''Joker'' (graphic novel) ** Joker (Jack Napier), the character as he appears in the 1989 film ''Batman'' ** Joker (''The Dark Knight''), the character as he appears in the 2008 film ''The Dark Knight'' * ''Joker'' (comic strip), a comic strip in the British anthology comics * Joker (''Flame of Recca''), from the Japanese manga series ''Flame of Recca'' * Mr. Joker, or Joe Carpenter, in ''Read or Die'' * Joker (''Wild Cards''), a person with a harmful mutation in ''Wild Cards'' * Jokers, a race of super-beings in Terry Pratchett's novel '' The Dark Side of the Sun'' * James T. "Joker" Davis, protagonist of the novel ''The Short-Timers'' * Joker, a character from ''Black Butler: Book of Circus'' * Joker, the underground alias of Donquixote Dof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krechinsky's Wedding (2011 Film)
''Krechinsky's Wedding'' (russian: Свадьба Кречинского) is a three-act comedy written by Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin in 1854, based on a rumor in Moscow society about a card sharp who received a large sum of money from a usurer by pawning a false diamond. The author wrote parts of the play in prison while under suspicion for the murder of his mistress. The comedy the first play in a dramatic trilogy ''Pictures of the Past'' (), which also includes ''The Trial'' () and ''Tarelkin's Death'' (). The play was first published in 1856 in volume 57, issue 5 of the journal ''The Contemporary''. Film versions * Krechinsky's Wedding (1953 film), directed by Aleksey Zolotnitsky * Krechinsky's Wedding (1974 film), directed by Vladimir Vorobyov * Krechinsky's Wedding (1975 film), directed by Mariya Muat and Leonid Kheyfets * Joker (2002 film) Joker(s) or The Joker(s) may refer to: * Joker (playing card) * Jester, a person employed to tell jokes and provide entertainment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1854 Plays
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