A Provincial Lady Explained

A Provincial Lady (Russian: Провинциалка|translit=Provintsialka) is a one-act play by Ivan Turgenev.^[1] Written in 1850, it was first produced in January 1851 at a benefit performance for the seminal 19th-century Russian actor Mikhail Shchepkin at the Maly Theatre in Moscow.^[1]

In the 20th century, the play was produced at the world-famous Moscow Art Theatre as part of a triple bill of works by Turgenev.^[2] Constantin Stanislavski directed and played Count Liubin.^[2] It opened on 5 March 1912.^[2]

Sources

Banham, Martin, ed. 1998. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. .
Benedetti, Jean. 1999. Stanislavski: His Life and Art. Revised edition. Original edition published in 1988. London: Methuen. .
Moser, Charles A., ed. 1992. The Cambridge History of Russian Literature. Rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. .