Dmitry Timofeyevich Lensky
(1805–1860) Russian farce writer and actor; pseudonym of Dmitry Timofeyevich Vorobyov. Born Moscow
Stage Works
Lensky wrote over one hundred plays, both originals and translations from the French. His specialty was the vaudeville, a short comedy of manners interspersed with verses set to popular tunes.
A brief selection of the best of vaudevilles
- The Untimely
Matchmaker (Svat nevpopad, 1829)
- Good and Bad (Khorosha i durna, 1834)
- Two Fathers and Two Tradesmen (Dva otsta
i dva kuptsa, 1837)
- High-born Airs and Heart's Ease (Barskaya
spes i Anyutiny glazki, 1842)
- Lyov Gurych Sinichkin or The Provincial
Actress's Debut (Lyov Gurych Sinichkin, ili Provintsialnaya debyutantka,
1839)
- The Simple Girl and the Boarding-School Miss (Prostushka i vospitannaya, 1855)