Title: Tragedii︠a︡ gospodina Morna
Description: Written when he was only 24, this is Nabokov's earliest major work and his only full-length play, presented here for the first time in English, the story of which involves an incognito king whose love for the wife of a banished revolutionary brings on the chaos the king has fought to prevent.
Subjects: Drama, Russian drama, Kings and rulers, Translations into English, Revolutionaries, Criticism and interpretation, American drama, History and criticism, New York Times reviewed, Slavic philology
People: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977)
Time periods: 20th century