A Month in the Country

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A Month in the Country is a 19th-century Russian play by Ivan Turgenev that explores unrequited love, emotional restlessness, and social mores within a country estate.

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instanceOf Russian play
play
stage work
author Ivan Turgenev
basedOn Turgenev’s earlier play The Student
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
dramaticFunction critique of provincial aristocracy
exploration of female desire
exploration of generational conflict
dramaticStyle psychological realism
subtle character study
firstPerformanceDate 1872
firstPerformancePlace Maly Theatre, Moscow
firstPublicationDate 1855
genre comedy of manners
drama
hasAdaptation A Month in the Country (ballet)
A Month in the Country (film)
television adaptations
hasTranslation A Month in the Country (English title)
influenced Anton Chekhov
The Cherry Orchard
Three Sisters
literaryPeriod 19th century
mainCharacter Aleksei Belyaev NERFINISHED
Anna Semyonovna
Arkady Islaev NERFINISHED
Mikhail Rakitin NERFINISHED
Natalya Petrovna
Vera
notableProduction National Theatre productions
Royal Shakespeare Company productions
originalLanguage Russian
setting Russian country estate
settingPeriod 1840s
structure five acts
theme adultery
boredom
class relations
emotional restlessness
marriage
romantic idealism
social mores
unrequited love
timeOfWriting 1840s
workLocation Russia

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Ivan Turgenev notableWork A Month in the Country
Dorothy Tutin notableWork A Month in the Country