Dmitry Timofeevich Lensky (russian: link=no, Дми́трий Тимофе́евич Ле́нский) real name D. T. Vorobyov (Moscow, 1805–1860), was a Russian comic actor and author of

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...

s. Lensky debuted as an actor at the

Maly Theatre The Maly Theatre, or Mali Theatre, may refer to one of several different theatres: * The Maly Theatre (Moscow), also known as The State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia, in Moscow (founded in 1756 and given its own building in 1824) * The Maly Thea ...

in 1824, but found success as a writer of vaudeville acts. His best known work is ' ("Lev Gurych Sinichkin, or A Provincial Debutante").Laurence Senelick ''Russian dramatic theory from Pushkin to the Symbolists: an anthology'' 1981 "Dmitry Timofeevich Lensky (1805–1860), less important as an actor than as the author of sprightly and effervescent vaudevilles, the most famous being Lyov Gurych Sinichkin, a hilarious comedy about a provincial barnstormer."

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