Александр Островский

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovskiy Russian: Александр Николааевич Остроовский 31 March (12 April) 1823 — 2 (14) June 1886. Was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire." His dramas are among the most widely read and frequently performed stage pieces in Russia.