Playwrights and their stage works 

(Count) Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Russian novelist, short-story writer and dramatist. Born Nikolayevsk 10 January, 1883. Died Moscow 23 February, 1945

Stage Works

  1. Doch kolduna i zakoldovanny korolevich (The Sorcerer's Daughter and the Enchanted Prince). Dramatic tale, 4 scenes. Published 1908/09.
  2. Nechayannaya udacha (Unexpected Success). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1911
  3. Vystrel (A Shot). Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1913. Produced Moscow, K. N. Nezlobin Theatre, Oct. 20, 1914. Early version of Kukushkiny slezy.
  4. Nasilniki (The Ravishers). Comedy, 5 acts. Published 1913. Produced Moscow, Maly Theatre, Sept. 30, 1913.
  5. Molodoy pisatel (The Young Writer). Harlequinade, 1 act. Written 1913. Published 1914.
  6. Den Bitvy (The Day of the Battle). Comedy, 6 acts. Written 1915.
  7. Nechistaya sila (An Unclean Power). Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1916; revised 1942. Published 1943. Produced Moscow, Dramatic Theatre, Jan. 20, 1916.
  8. Kasatka (My Darling Girl). Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1916. Published 1917. Produced Moscow, Comedy Theatre, May 21, 1923.
  9. Raketa (The Rocket). Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1916. Published 1918. Produced Moscow, Maly Theatre, Jan. 16, 1917.
  10. Kukushkiny slezy (Crocodile Tears). Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1917. Published 1917. Produced Moscow, K. N. Nezlobin Theatre, and Petro-grad, Alexandrinsky Theatre, January, 1918. Revised version of Vystrel.
  11. Gorky tsvet (Bitter Blossom). Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1917. Published 1917. Produced Moscow, Dramatic Theatre, Sept. 2, 1917.
  12. Mrakobesy (The Obscurantists). Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1917. Published 1940.
  13. Lyubov—kniga zolotaya (Love Is a Golden Book). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1918. Published 1922. Produced Paris, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, 1920/21.
  14. Smert Dantona (The Death of Danton). Tragedy, 12 scenes. Published 1919. Produced Moscow, Korsh Theatre, Oct. 9, 1918.(Adaptation). Based on Georg Büchner's Dantons Tod.
  15. Bunt mashin (The Revolt of the Machines). Fantastic scenes, 4 acts. Published 1924. Produced Leningrad, Bolshoy Dramatic Theatre, Apr. 14, 1924. (Adaptation). Based on Karel Čapek's R.U.R.
  16. Zagovor imperatritsy (The Empress's Plot). (With Pavel Eliseyevich Shchegolev). Drama, prologue and 5 acts. Written 1925. Published 1925. Produced Leningrad, Bolshoy Dramatic Theatre, Mar. 19, 1925.
  17. Polina Gebl (Pauline Gebl). (With Shchegolev). Dramatic poem, 9 scenes. Written 1925. Published 1926.
  18. Azef or Oryol iii reshka (Heads or Tales). (With Shchegolev). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1926. Produced Leningrad, Bolshoy Dramatic Theatre, Apr. 3, 1926.
  19. Na dybe (On the Rack). Drama, 12 scenes. Written 1929. Published 1929. First version of Pyotr Pervy.
  20. Patent 119 (Patent No. 119). Drama, 4 acts. Published 1933.
  21. Pyotr Pervy (Peter the First). Drama, 4 acts. Written 1935. Published 1938. Produced Leningrad, Pushkin Academic Theatre, April, 1938. Second version of Na dybe, from which it differs completely owing to changes in the regime's policies.
  22. Put k pobede (The Road to Victory). Drama, 4 acts. Written 1938. Published 1939/40. Produced Moscow, Vakhtangov Theatre, May 31, 1939.
  23. Chyortov most (The Bridge of the Devils). Pamphlet bouffe, 3 acts. Written 1938. Produced Leningrad, Theatre of Satire, Mar. 9, 1939.
  24. Zolotoy klyuchik (The Little Golden Key). Dramatic tale for children, 11 scenes. Written 1938. Published 1939. Produced Moscow, Central Theatre, 1938. (Adaptation). Based on Carlo Collodi's Le avventure di Pinocchio (1882).
  25. Fyurer (The Führer). Play, 1 act. Written 1941. Published 1941.
  26. Ivan Grozny (Ivan the Terrible), Part I: Oryol i orlitsa (The Eagle and Its Mate). Drama, 11 scenes. Written 1941/42. Published 1942. Produced Moscow, Maly Theatre, Oct. 18, 1944.
  27. Ivan Grozny (Ivan the Terrible), Part II: Trudnye gody (The Difficult Years). Drama, 12 scenes. Written 1943. Published 1943. Produced Moscow, Gorky Art Theatre, June 20, 1946.
  28. Eto budet (This Will Be). (With P. Sukhotin). Drama, 5 acts.

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