''Krechinsky's Wedding'' (russian: Свадьба Кречинского) is a three-act
comedy
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written by
Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin in 1854, based on a rumor in Moscow society about a
card sharp
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who received a large sum of money from a
usurer
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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
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Krechinsky's Wedding (1953 film), directed by Aleksey Zolotnitsky
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Krechinsky's Wedding (1974 film), directed by Vladimir Vorobyov
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Krechinsky's Wedding (1975 film), directed by Mariya Muat and Leonid Kheyfets
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Joker (2002 film), directed by Mikhail Kozakov
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Krechinsky's Wedding (2011 film), directed by P. Khomsky
Bibliography
* Lotman L. M. "Sukhovo-Kobylin". In ''Istoriia russkoi literatury v 10 tomakh'', 8:487–509. Moscow, Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo AN SSSR, 1956.
* Gol'diner V. "Sukhovo-Kobylin". In ''Literaturnaia entsiklopediia v 11 tomakh'', 11:122–128. Moscow: Khudozhestvennaia literatura, 1939.
* Sokolinskii, E. K., ed. ''A. V. Sukhovo-Kobylin: bibliograficheskii ukazatel' literatury o zhizni i tvorchestve pisatelia, postanovkakh trilogii''. St. Petersburg: Giperion, 2001. .
* Starosel'skaia N. D. ''Sukhovo-Kobylin''. Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 2003. .
* Tunimanov V. "Krechinskii i Raspliuev". In ''Sukhovo-Kobylin A. V.: Svad'ba Krechinskogo'', 86–95. Leningrad: Detskaia literatura, 1983.
1854 plays
Russian plays
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