Two comedies by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia : Oh, these times! and The Siberian shaman / translated and edited by Lurana Donnels O'Malley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.

Contributor:

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.

O'Malley, Lurana Donnels, 1964-

Series:

Russian theatre archive 1068-8161 ; v. 15.

Russian theatre archive, 1068-8161 ; v. 15

Standardized Title:

O vremi͡a! English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796--Translations into English.

Catherine.

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 79 pages : 1 color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Oh, these times!

Siberian shaman

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Harwood Academic Publishers, [1998]

Summary:

Catherine the Great (1729-1796) wrote over two dozen plays and operettas, but not until this edition has a complete translation of any of them been available to an English- speaking readership. "Oh, These Times&" (1772) is a satirical attack on many vices Catherine wished to root out from her society: religious hypocrisy, superstition and slander. The main character, Mrs. Pious, is a superficially religious old woman who resembles Moliere's Tartuffe. Catherine again sets her sights on superstition in "The Siberian Shaman" (1786), this time by satirizing shamanism as a deceitful profession which preys on the gullible. This play was part of a group of three plays usually known as Catherine's "anti-masonic" trilogy, written as a warning against the growing influence of the freemasons. In a comprehensive introduction, Lurana Donnels O'Malley relates the plays to Catherine's status and philosophy.

Notes:

Translation of: O vremi͡a! and Shaman Sibirskoĭ.

Includes bibliographical references.

Related Work:

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796. Shaman Sibirskoĭ. English.

ISBN:

9057550229

OCLC:

39781688