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Diary Of A Scoundrel or Too Clever By Half

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  7f, 9m

Rodney Ackland

Alexander Ostrovsky
Translated by Rodney Ackland

With the death of Yegor's father he and his mother are left in dire straits so he worms his way into a wealthy family.

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Diary Of A Scoundrel or Too Clever By Half

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7f, 9m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary
In 1860 in Moscow an indigent Russian youth begins his ambitious ascent to social esteem. He progresses by wit, guile and rhetoric. Pitting one stupid person against another, he soon gains his ends. But he is tripped up by his uncle's wife, to whom he has made passionate love on his way to success, for she discovers the scoundrel's diary. In the showdown, the youth is still more than a match for these stupid people and they determine it would be more prudent to retain him in their circle than to turn him loose.
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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Authors

Rodney Ackland

Rodney Ackland
Rodney Ackland (5/18/1908 – 12/6/1991) was an English playwright, actor, theatre director and screenwriter. He was educated at Balham Grammar School in London. In his 16th year he made his first stage appearance at the Gate Theatre Studio, playing Medvedieff in Gorky's The Lo ...
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