This author adapted the fairy tale of The Snow Maiden into a play with music.
This non-Gogol author's attempts to translate Shakespeare went poorly: his first one, made of The Taming of the Shrew, was banned, and he died at his desk of an asthma attack while translating Antony and Cleopatra. Angry protests from Moscow businessmen led to the banning of his first major play until he added a "moral" ending in which Podkalyuzhin is exiled to Siberia. This author adapted the fairy tale of The Snow Maiden into a play with music. Accurate depictions of everyday people earned this author the acclaim of creating a (*) "realm of darkness" that no "ray of light" could penetrate. In one of his best-known works, Yekaterina commits suicide after she is unable to love Boris. This author's turn towards intense realism is seen in plays like A Protégée of the Mistress and Poverty is No Crime. For 10 points, name this 19th-century Russian playwright of It's a Family Affair and The Storm.
This non-Gogol author's attempts to translate Shakespeare went poorly: his first one, made of The Taming of the Shrew, was banned, and he died at his desk of an asthma attack while translating Antony and Cleopatra.
Alexander Ostrovsky