It’s a Family Affair, the first play by Alexander Ostrovsky was written in 1849, but 10 years elapsed before permission was given for it to be staged.
As with many of Ostrovsky’s plays, the target of the author’s satire is the merchant class and the inevitable corruption associated with mercantile endeavors. In Ostrovsky’s bitterly realistic world, all personal encounters end in transactions, some humourous and some tragic.
Cast
Samson Silych Bolshov – John Burlinson
Agrafena Kondratyevna – Kristina Rothe
Olimpiada Samsonovna (Lipochka) – Joan DuKore
Lazar Elizarych Podkhalyuzin – Marty Krz
Tiska – Joan DuKore
Ustinya Naumovna – Amy Soakes
Sysoy Psoich Rispolozhensky – Denis Daly
Fominishna – Lee Ann Howlett
Stage directions read by Denis Daly.
