Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovskij rodilsja i vyros v Moskve, v samom tsentre Zamoskvorechja, kotoroe v to vremja bylo sovershenno osobym mirom. Zhivshikh tam ljudej, ikh vzaimootnoshenija, ikh byt, zhivoj i krasochnyj jazyk kuptsov, chinovnikov i dvorjan Ostrovskij vposledstvii vosproizvel v svoikh komedijakh. Svoimi pesami Ostrovskij sozdal shkolu nastojaschego russkogo dramaticheskogo iskusstva, prostogo i estestvennogo, chuzhdogo vsjakoj vychurnosti i affektatsii.
An amazing play. Very sad and funny at the same time. I also have just came back from Mayakovskiy Theater in Moscow where I watched this play. What a pleasure it was!!