The Minor

2 hrs. 5 min.

Audio Plays, Radio Productions & Literary Readings

Language Russian

Author Denis Fonvizin

Narrators Sergey Kharchenko, Ella Dolmatova, Galina Skorobogatova, Alexander Korshunov, Nikolay Vereshchenko

Narrator Sergey Kharchenko

Narrator Ella Dolmatova

Narrator Galina Skorobogatova

Narrator Alexander Korshunov

Narrator Nikolay Vereshchenko

Description

«The Minor» is the first socio-political comedy in the history of Russian drama, which gave Fonvizin the right to be called the «Russian Molière». Remaining a literary monument of the 18th century, it offers rich material for understanding the past as well as for realizing today’s pressing problems. «I don’t want to study; I want to marry,» declares a minor named Mitrofanoshe— the son of the landowners Prostakov. «So what can possibly come of Mitrofanoshe for the Fatherland?..» — less a question than a bitter regret for Russia’s fate. And everything would be sad, if only... it weren’t so funny!