Description Alexander Griboedov\'s Woe from Wit is one of the masterpieces of Russian drama.
Chatsky returns from three years abroad hoping.
Its protagonist, Alexander Chatsky, is an idealistic ironist, a complex Romantic figure who would be echoed in Russian literature from Pushkin onward.
A Verse Comedy set in Moscow high society after the Napoleonic wars, it offers sharply drawn characters and clever repartee, mixing meticulously crafted banter and biting social critique.
Description Alexander Griboedov\'s Woe from Wit is one of the masterpieces of Russian drama