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Offers an in-depth study of Catherine the Great's plays and opera libretti. This book provides an analysis of the dramatic works by this 18th-century Russian Empress. It reveals comparisons to and influences from European traditions, including Shakespeare and Moliere, and sets Catherine in the larger field of Russian literature in the period.

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Catherine the Great wrote over two dozen plays and operettas. This work covers Oh, These Times (1772), a satirical attack on many vices Catherine wished to root out from her society, and The Siberian Shaman (1786) focussing on superstition.