
BORIS GODUNOV - A Drama in Verse
By Alexander Pushkin - Rendered into English verse by Alfred Hayes
DRAMATIS PERSONAE*
PALACE OF THE KREMLIN - (FEBRUARY 20th, A.D. 1598)
THE RED SQUARE - THE PEOPLE
THE VIRGIN'S FIELD - THE NEW NUNNERY. The People.
THE PALACE OF THE KREMLIN - BORIS, PATRIARCH, Boyars
NIGHT - Cell in the Monastery of Chudov (A.D. 1603)
FENCE OF THE MONASTERY*
PALACE OF THE PATRIARCH - PATRIARCH, ABBOT of the Chudov Monastery
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (102K characters)
Release date
2004-02-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1799–1837
A brilliant poet, novelist, and dramatist, he is widely seen as the founder of modern Russian literature. His work helped shape the sound of literary Russian and still feels lively, sharp, and emotionally direct nearly two centuries later.
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