2017 # 1 (21)
Ivinsky A.D.
M.N. Muraviev’s Comedy “Vyigrannaia tiazhba” [“The Case been Won”] (by the materials of the The State Historical Museum’s Written Sources Department)
Abstract
The article deals with an unpublished comedy of M.N. Muraviev “Vyigrannaia tiazhba” [“The Case been Won”]. This text was found in the writer’s archive in the State Historical Museum’s Written Sources Department (DWS) and hasn’t been studied yet. Probably Muraviev wrote it in the 1772th; it’s one of the earliest his literature works. In this text he used common themes of the 18th century Russian journalism and drama.
Key words
M.N. Muraviev, Catherine the Great, A.P. Sumarokov, the 18th century comedy
