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    Boris Godunov: A Drama in Verse
    Boris Godunov: A Drama in Verse
    Boris Godunov: A Drama in Verse
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    Boris Godunov: A Drama in Verse

    By Alexander Pushkin

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    Alexander Pushkin was an influential Russian writer in the early 19th century.  Pushkin was considered to be the Russia’s greatest poet and he also helped create modern Russian literature.  This edition of Boris Godunov: A Drama in Verse includes a table of contents.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles River Editors
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781531281069
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      Boris Godunov - Alexander Pushkin

      BORIS GODUNOV: A DRAMA IN VERSE

      ..................

      Alexander Pushkin

      KYPROS PRESS

      Thank you for reading. If you enjoy this book, please leave a review or connect with the author.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Alexander Pushkin

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Boris Godunov: A Drama in Verse

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE*

      PALACE OF THE KREMLIN

      THE RED SQUARE

      THE VIRGIN’S FIELD

      THE PALACE OF THE KREMLIN

      NIGHT

      FENCE OF THE MONASTERY*

      PALACE OF THE PATRIARCH

      PALACE OF THE TSAR

      TAVERN ON THE LITHUANIAN FRONTIER

      MOSCOW. SHUISKY’S HOUSE

      PALACE OF THE TSAR

      CRACOW. HOUSE OF VISHNEVETSKY

      CASTLE OF THE GOVERNOR

      A SUITE OF LIGHTED ROOMS.

      NIGHT

      THE LITHUANIAN FRONTIER

      THE COUNCIL OF THE TSAR

      A PLAIN NEAR NOVGOROD SEVERSK

      OPEN SPACE IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL IN MOSCOW

      SYEVSK

      A FOREST

      MOSCOW. PALACE OF THE TSAR

      A TENT

      PUBLIC SQUARE IN MOSCOW

      THE KREMLIN. HOUSE OF BORIS

      BORIS GODUNOV: A DRAMA IN VERSE

      ..................

      Translated by Alfred Hayes

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE*

      BORIS GODUNOV, afterwards Tsar.

      PRINCE SHUISKY, Russian noble.

      PRINCE VOROTINSKY, Russian noble.

      SHCHELKALOV, Russian Minister of State.

      FATHER PIMEN, an old monk and chronicler.

      GREGORY OTREPIEV, a young monk, afterwards the Pretender

      to the throne of Russia.

      THE PATRIARCH, Abbot of the Chudov Monastery.

      MISSAIL, wandering friar.

      VARLAAM, wandering friar.

      ATHANASIUS MIKAILOVICH PUSHKIN, friend of Prince Shuisky.

      FEODOR, young son of Boris Godunov.

      SEMYON NIKITICH GODUNOV, secret agent of Boris Godunov.

      GABRIEL PUSHKIN, nephew of A. M. Pushkin.

      PRINCE KURBSKY, disgraced Russian noble.

      KHRUSHCHOV, disgraced Russian noble.

      KARELA, a Cossack.

      PRINCE VISHNEVETSKY.

      MNISHEK, Governor of Sambor.

      BASMANOV, a Russian officer.

      MARZHERET, officer of the Pretender.

      ROZEN, officer of the Pretender.

      DIMITRY, the Pretender, formerly Gregory Otrepiev.

      MOSALSKY, a Boyar.

      KSENIA, daughter of Boris Godunov.

      NURSE of Ksenia.

      MARINA, daughter of Mnishek.

      ROUZYA, tire-woman of Ksenia.

      HOSTESS of tavern.

      Boyars, The People, Inspectors, Officers, Attendants, Guests, a Boy in attendance on Prince Shuisky, a Catholic Priest, a Polish Noble, a Poet, an Idiot, a Beggar, Gentlemen, Peasants, Guards, Russian, Polish, and German Soldiers, a Russian Prisoner of War, Boys, an old Woman, Ladies, Serving-women.

      *The list of Dramatis Personae which does not appear in the

      original has been added for the convenience of the reader—

      A.H.

      PALACE OF THE KREMLIN

      (FEBRUARY 20th, A.D. 1598)

      PRINCE SHUISKY and VOROTINSKY

      VOROTINSKY. To keep the city’s peace, that is the task

      Entrusted to us twain, but you forsooth

      Have little need to watch; Moscow is empty;

      The people to the Monastery have flocked

      After the patriarch. What thinkest thou?

      How will this trouble end?

      SHUISKY. How will it end?

      That is not hard to tell. A little more

      The multitude will groan and wail, Boris

      Pucker awhile his forehead, like a toper

      Eyeing a glass of wine, and in the end

      Will humbly of his graciousness consent

      To take the crown; and then—and then will rule us

      Just as before.

      VOROTINSKY. A month has flown already

      Since, cloistered with his sister, he forsook

      The world’s affairs. None hitherto hath shaken

      His purpose, not the patriarch, not the boyars

      His counselors; their tears, their prayers he heeds not;

      Deaf is he to the wail of Moscow, deaf

      To the Great Council’s voice; vainly they urged

      The sorrowful nun-queen to consecrate

      Boris to sovereignty; firm was his sister,

      Inexorable as he; methinks Boris

      Inspired her with this spirit. What if our ruler

      Be sick in very deed of cares of state

      And hath no strength to mount the throne? What

      Say’st thou?

      SHUISKY. I say that in that case the blood in vain

      Flowed of the young tsarevich, that Dimitry

      Might just as well be living.

      VOROTINSKY. Fearful crime!

      Is it beyond all doubt Boris contrived

      The young boy’s murder?

      SHUISKY. Who besides? Who else

      Bribed Chepchugov in vain? Who sent in secret

      The brothers Bityagovsky with Kachalov?

      Myself was sent to Uglich, there to probe

      This matter on the spot; fresh traces there

      I found; the whole town bore witness to the crime;

      With one accord the burghers all affirmed it;

      And with a single word, when I returned,

      I could have proved the secret villain’s guilt.

      VOROTINSKY. Why didst thou then not crush him?

      SHUISKY. At the time,

      I do confess, his unexpected calmness,

      His shamelessness, dismayed me. Honestly

      He looked me in the eyes; he questioned me

      Closely, and I repeated to his face

      The foolish tale himself had whispered to me.

      VOROTINSKY. An ugly business, prince.

      SHUISKY. What could I do?

      Declare all to Feodor? But the tsar

      Saw all things with the eyes of Godunov.

      Heard all things with the ears of

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