The Forest

2 hrs. 55 min.

Audio Plays, Radio Productions & Literary Readings

Language Russian

Author Alexander Ostrovsky

Narrators Vasily Toporkov, Vladimir Popov, Nikolai Svobodin, Sergey Blinnikov, Pyotr Chernov, Anastasia Zueva, Faina Shevchenko, Kira Golovko, Vasily Orlov, Alexander Komissarov, Olga Vasilyeva, Vladimir Yershov, Olga Vysotskaya

Narrator Vasily Toporkov

Narrator Vladimir Popov

Narrator Nikolai Svobodin

Narrator Sergey Blinnikov

Narrator Pyotr Chernov

Narrator Anastasia Zueva

Narrator Faina Shevchenko

Narrator Kira Golovko

Narrator Vasily Orlov

Narrator Alexander Komissarov

Narrator Olga Vasilyeva

Narrator Vladimir Yershov

Narrator Olga Vysotskaya

Description

Two poor actors—Unlucky and Lucky—have no money, no job, and no tobacco either. Wearing mock orders and armed with a pistol and a guitar, they decide to visit Unlucky’s wealthy aunt, the landowner Gurmyzhskaya. And there, at the estate, there is a whole life.

Characters and performers:

Raїsa Pavlovna Gurmyzhskaya, a widow, a wealthy landowner — Faina Shevchenko;
Aksinya Danilovna /Aksyusha/, her distant relative, a poor girl — Kira Golovko;
Evgeny Apollonovich Milonov — Nikolay Svobodин;
Uar Kirilych Bodaev, a retired cavalryman — Vasily Orlov;
Ivan Petrovich Vosmibratov, a merchant trading in timber — Sergey Blinьnikov;
Pyotr, his son — Pyotr Chernov;
Aleksey Sergeyevich Bulанov, a young man — Alexander Komissarov;
Tereенька, Vosmibratov’s boy — Olga Vasilieva;
Gennady Nesсhastlivtsev — Vladimir Yershov;
Arkady Schastlivtsev — Vasily Toporkov;
Karp, Gurmyzhskaya’s servant — Vladimir Popov;
Ulita, the housekeeper — Anastasiya Zuyeva.

Explanatory text — Olga Vysotskaya.

Recording from 1950.