''The Outcasts'' ( bg, Хъшове) is a Bulgarian play, authored by

Ivan Vazov Ivan Minchov Vazov ( bg, Иван Минчов Вазов; – 22 September 1921) was a Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley of ...

in 1884. It describes the life of Bulgarian emigrants in Wallachia, who, destitute, seek the means to fight for the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. It is an adaptation for the stage of Vazov's novel ''Chased and Unwanted'' and is considered a classic of Bulgarian literature. When the National Theatre of Bulgaria,

Ivan Vazov National Theatre The Ivan Vazov National Theatre ( bg, Народен театър „Иван Вазов“, ') is Bulgaria's national theatre, as well as the oldest and most authoritative theatre in the country and one of the important landmarks of Sofia, the ...

, opened in 1904, it was the first play to be performed there, starring

Geno Kirov Geno may refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Geno (given name), including a list of people with the name *Marián Geňo (born 1984), Czech footballer *Evgeni Malkin (born 1986), Russian ice hockey player nicknamed Geno Art and entertainment * "Geno" ( ...

and Ivan Popov. In 2009, Vazov's play was filmed in the series "Outcasts".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Outcasts Bulgarian plays 1884 plays