Two Comedies by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia - Oh, These Times! and The Siberian Shaman (Paperback)

Catherine the Great (1729-1796) wrote over two dozen plays and operettas, but not until this edition has a complete translation of any of them been available to an English- speaking readership.
Oh, These Times (1772) is a satirical attack on many vices Catherine wished to root out from her society: religious hypocrisy, superstition and slander. The main character, Mrs. Pious, is a superficially religious old woman who resembles Moliere's Tartuffe.
Catherine again sets her sights on superstition in The Siberian Shaman (1786), this time by satirizing shamanism as a deceitful profession which preys on the gullible. This play was part of a group of three plays usually known as Catherine's "anti-masonic" trilogy, written as a warning against the growing influence of the freemasons.
In a comprehensive introduction, Lurana Donnels O'Malley relates the plays to Catherine's status and philosophy.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Lurana Donnels O'Malley
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	112
ISBN-13:	978-90-5755-023-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN:	90-5755-023-7
Barcode:	9789057550232

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