The Wood Demon or Leshy (Russian: Леший , romanized : Leshy , 1889) is a comedic play in four acts by Anton Chekhov .
6-814: Written in September and October 1889, it was totally reworked in December, and premiered on December 27, 1889 at the private Abramova Theatre in Moscow. This second version of The Wood Demon was completed in April 1890 and received the permission to be staged by Imperial Theatres in May. It was published by the Rassokhin Publishers on 23 August 1890. The play was first refused by the Alexandrinsky Theatre of Saint Petersburg and
12-568: A play for the next seven years after which he rose to fame . Alexandrinsky Theatre The Alexandrinsky Theatre ( Russian : Александринский театр ) or National Drama Theatre of Russia is a theatre in Saint Petersburg , Russia . The Alexandrinsky Theatre was built for the Imperial troupe of Petersburg (Imperial troupe was founded in 1756). Since 1832, the theatre has occupied an Empire-style building that Carlo Rossi designed. It
18-545: The Maly Theatre of Moscow . Eight years after this play failed, Chekhov returned to the work. He reduced the cast list by half, changed the climactic suicide into an anti-climax of a failed homicide, and published the reworked play, much more successfully, under the title Uncle Vanya . A dominant theme in The Wood Demon is that destruction of the environment and of people's lives are closely linked together. The play
24-593: Was built in 1828–1832 on Alexandrinsky Square (now Ostrovsky Square ), which is situated on Nevsky Prospekt between the National Library of Russia and Anichkov Palace . The theatre was opened on 31 August (12 September) 1832. The theatre and the square were named after Empress consort Alexandra Feodorovna . The building is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments . It
30-470: Was initially a collaboration between Chekhov and Alexey Suvorin . As such, it is full of biographical material collected during their time spent together in the summer of 1888. The play is linked with stories already written or in the process of being written, that stemmed from Chekhov's journey in 1887 to Kharkov and Taganrog . The failure of The Wood Demon was one of the motivations for Chekhov's journey through Siberia and why he abstained from writing
36-567: Was one of the many theatres of the Imperial troupe. Dramas, operas and ballets were on the stage. Only in the 1880s, the theatre has become dramatic and tragedy filled. The premières of numerous Russian plays have been performed at the stage of the Alexandrinsky, including plays by Alexandr Griboyedov , Alexander Ostrovsky , and Anton Chekhov . Famous directors who have staged work there include Vsevolod Meyerhold , Grigori Kozintsev , Georgy Tovstonogov , and Nikolay Akimov . On 30 August 2006
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