Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886) was a playwright whose creative work was a most significant stage in the development of the Russian national theater; he was a Corresponding Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
The playwright wrote about 50 plays, among them A Profitable Position (1856), The Storm (1859), Mad Money (1869), The Forest (1870), The Snow Maiden (1873), Without a Dowry (1878), and many others. The name of Ostrovsky is related to a whole epoch in the development of Russian theater. He translated Cervantes, Shakespeare, Terence, and Goldoni.
His dramaturgy played a decisive role in the establishment of an original and vivid repertoire on the Russian stage and contributed to the formation of a national theatrical school.
In 1865, Ostrovsky founded an artistic circle in Moscow and became one of its leaders. In 1870, he initiated the establishment of the Society of Russian Dramatic Writers, which he permanently chaired from 1874 until the end of his life.
The postage stamp features a portrait of Alexander Ostrovsky; the margins of the sheet of stamp provide quotations from the writer's works.
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