An Ardent Heart

For the film adaptation, see An Ardent Heart (film).
An Ardent Heart
Written byAleksander Ostrovsky
Date premiered15 January 1869 (1869-01-15)
Place premieredMaly Theatre in Moscow
Original languageRussian
SubjectDomestic despotism
Genrecomedy

An Ardent Heart (Russian: Горячее сердце, romanized: Goryacheye serdtse; also translated as Burning Heart[1]) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky written in 1858 and first published in the January 1869 issue of Otechestvennye Zapiski. It was premiered on 15 January 1869, at the Moscow's Maly Theatre and then on 29 January at the Saint Petersburg's Alexandrinsky Theatre.[2]

  1. ^ Macleod, Joseph (2019) [1946]. Actors Cross the Volga: A Study of the 19th Century Russian Theatre and of Soviet Theatres in War. Oxford and New York: Routledge. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-138-36487-5.
  2. ^ Lakshin, Vladimir (1982). "Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky". Iskusstvo, Moscow. Life in Art series. Retrieved 2012-03-01.