Sin and Sorrow Are Common to All

A Drama in Four Acts

By: Alexander Ostrovsky, George Rapall Noyes - translator

Narrated by: Robert Curran, Marty Krz, Amy Soakes, Vee McGuire, Denis Daly, Grace Keller Scotch, John Burlinson

A central theme of Ostrovsky's plays is the inevitable struggle between the demands of personal morality and and those dictated by social propriety. In this grim drama, the dramatist sketches a tragic incident arising from the conflict of two social classes: the petty tradesmen and the nobility. From the coarse environment of the first emerge honest, upright natures like Krasnov, the earnest shokeeper; from the superficial, dawdling culture of the second come weak-willed triflers like the ineffectual landowner, Babayev. The sordid plot sweeps on to its inexorable tragic conclusion with tremendous force.

Cast

Valentin Pavlich Babayev - Robert Curran

Lev Rodionych Krasnov and Karp - Marty Krz

Tatyana Danilovna and Ulyana Rodionivna Kuritsyna - Amy Soakes

Lukerya Danilovna Zhmigulin - Vee McGuire

Arkhip - Denis Daly

Afonya and Prokofyevna - Grace Keller Scotch

Manulo Kalinych Kuritsyn and Shishgalev - John Burlinson

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