Composers and their stage works 


Aleksandr Nikolayevich Afinogenov

(1904 - 1941)

Soviet dramatist, born Skopin April 4, 1904, died Moscow October 29, 1941

Stage Plays

  1. Robert Tim. Drama, 4 acts. Published 1924. Produced Moscow, Proletkult Theatre, 1923.
  2. Po to storonu shcheli (The Other Side of the Slot). Play. Published 1926. Produced Moscow, Proletkult Theatre, 1926. Based on a story by Jack London.
  3. Na perelome (At the Turning Point). Drama, 4 acts. Published 1926. Produced Moscow, Proletkult Theatre, 1927.
  4. Glyadi v oba (Keep Your Eyes Peeled). Play. Published 1927. Produced Moscow, Proletkult Theatre, 1927.
  5. Malinovoye varenye (Raspberry ]am). Play, 4 acts. Published 1927. Produced Moscow, Proletkult Theatre, 1928.
  6. Tovarishch Yanshin (Comrade Yanshin). Play. Published 1927.
  7. Volchya tropa (The Trail of the Wolf). Drama. Published 1928. Produced Leningrad, Krasny Theatre, 1928.
  8. (Adaptation). Chyorny yar (The Black Ravine). Play. Produced First Pedagogichesky Theatre, 1928. Based on a novel by Lev Gumilyovsky.
  9. Chudak (The Eccentric). Drama, 4 acts. Published 1929. Produced Moscow, Second Moscow Art Theatre, 1929.
  10. Strakh (Fear). Drama, 4 acts. Published 1930. Produced Leningrad, Leningrad Academic Dramatic Theatre, and Moscow, Moscow Art Theatre, 1930.
  11. Lozh (The Lie). Drama. Written 1933. Produced Kharkov, Theatre of the Russian Drama (two performances), 1933.
  12. Portret (The Portrait). Drama, 3 acts. Published 1934. Produced Leningrad, State Theatre of Drama, 1934.
  13. Dalyokoye (Distant Point; also translated as Far Taiga). Drama, 3 acts. Published 1935. Produced Moscow, Vakhtangov Theatre, 1935.
  14. Salyut, Ispaniya! (Greetings, Spain!). Drama, 2 parts and epilogue. Published 1936. Produced Moscow, Theatre of the Moscow Soviet, 1936.
  15. Eyo igra (Her Game). Comedy. Written 1938.
  16. Vtorye puti (Second Tracks). Play, 3 acts. Published 1939. Produced Moscow, Theatre'- of Transportation,1939.
  17. Mat svoikh detey (The Mother of Her Children). Play, 3 acts. Published1939. Produced in all parts of the Soviet Union, 1954-1955.
  18. Otel Lyuks (Deluxe Hotel). Tragicomedy, 3 acts. Written 1940.
  19. Mashenka (Mashenka; also translated as Listen, Professor!). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1940. Produced Moscow, Theatre of the Moscow Soviet, 1941.
  20. Nakanune (On the Eve). Drama, 3 acts. Written 1940/41. Published 1942. Produced Moscow, Theatre of the Moscow Soviet, 1942.

Criticism