The Storm
2 hrs. 22 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexander Ostrovsky
Author
Alexander Ostrovsky
Narrator
Yulia Goldina
Narrator
Yulia Goldina
Description
“The Storm” is a drama in five acts by the Russian playwright Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886).
The most uncharacteristic play by Ostrovsky, “The Storm” has received many interpretations: here are both the textbook “a ray of light in a dark kingdom” (Dobrolyubov about Katerina) and the “poetry of folk life” (Apollon Grigoryev about the play as a whole). The conflict of “The Storm” is unusual in that both men in Katerina’s life — Boris and Tikhon — remain in the background; the true evil is Kabakha, embodying the element of tyranny. The infernal character of the entire play is given by motifs of folk religion and eschatology, a kind of mythological murmur that saturates the air.
The most uncharacteristic play by Ostrovsky, “The Storm” has received many interpretations: here are both the textbook “a ray of light in a dark kingdom” (Dobrolyubov about Katerina) and the “poetry of folk life” (Apollon Grigoryev about the play as a whole). The conflict of “The Storm” is unusual in that both men in Katerina’s life — Boris and Tikhon — remain in the background; the true evil is Kabakha, embodying the element of tyranny. The infernal character of the entire play is given by motifs of folk religion and eschatology, a kind of mythological murmur that saturates the air.
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