Горе от ума
Karatygin debuted on stage in 1823 and rose to fame performing in Alexander Griboyedov's "Woe from Wit" (the parts of Zagoretsky, Repetilov and, since 1831, Chatsky). In 1832–1838, as a head of the Drama department in the Saint Petersburg's Theatre College, he discovered and tutored several of the future Russian stage stars, including .