Krechinsky's Wedding


Krechinsky's Wedding is a three-act comedy written by Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin in 1854, based on a rumor in Moscow society about a card sharp who received a large sum of money from a usurer by pawning a false diamond. The author wrote parts of the play in prison while under suspicion for the murder of his mistress. The comedy the first play in a dramatic trilogy, which also includes The Trial and Tarelkin's Death. The play was first published in 1856 in volume 57, issue 5 of the journal The Contemporary.

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