Playwrights and their stage works 

Count Lyov (Leo) Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Russian novelist and playwright. Born 9 September, 1828. Died 20 November, 1910

Stage Works

  1. Zarazhennoye semeystvo (A Contaminated Family). Comedy, 5 acts. Written 1864. Published 1928.
  2. Nigilist (The Nihilist). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1866. Published 1928.
  3. Pervy vinokur, ili Kak chertyonok krayushku zasluzhil (The First Distiller, or How the Little Devil Earned a Crust of Bread). Comedy, 6 acts. Written 1886. Published 1886. Produced St. Petersburg, Marionette Theatre of the Porcelain Factory, 1886.
  4. Peter Khlebnik. Play. Written 1886.
  5. Dramaticheskaya obrabotka legendy ob Aggee (Dramatic Adaptation of the Legend of King Aggei). Play. Written 1886.
  6. Vlast tmy, ili "Kogotok uvyaz, vsey ptichke propast" (The Power of Darkness, or "If a Claw Is Caught the Bird Is Lost"). Drama, 5 acts, Written 1886. Published 1887. Produced Paris, Théâtre Libre, Feb. 2, 1888; St. Petersburg, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Oct. 18, 1895.
  7. Plody prosveshcheniya (The Fruits of Enlightenment). Comedy, 4 acts. Written 1889. Published 1891. Produced Yasnaya Polyana, Dec. 30, 1889; St. Petersburg, Alexandrinsky Theatre, Sept. 26, 1891.
  8. Zhivoy trup (The Living Corpse). Drama, 6 acts. Written 1900. Published 1911. Produced Moscow Art Theatre, Sept. 23, 1911.
  9. I svet vo tme svetit (The Light Shineth in Darkness). Drama, 5 acts (Act V exists only in outline form). Written 1900. Published 1911.
  10. Ot ney vse kachestva (The Cause of It All). Comedy, 2 acts. Written 1910. Published 1913. Produced by nonprofessional theatre, 1912.