The Naked Guest

 

An English play that includes several translations of Pushkin poems. It was published by John Farndon in 2008.

 

The play

 

 

 

27th January 1837. In the snows outside St Petersburg, the poet Alexander Pushkin, at the height of his fame, selects his pistol to duel with the alleged lover of his beautiful young wife Natalie... A powerful and touching play about human desire, fear and jealousy focusing on the lazy days and haunting poetry of Russia's greatest poet. 

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