Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов, Borís Godunóv) [Variant Title: Драматическая повесть, Комедия o настоящей беде Московскому государству, o царе Борисе и о Гришке Отрепьеве, A Dramatic Tale, The Comedy of the Distress of the Muscovite State, of Tsar Boris, and of Grishka Otrepyev] is a drama by Aleksandr Pushkin, written in 1825, published in 1831, but not approved for performance by the censor until 1866. Its subject is the Russian ruler, Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar from 1598 to 1605. The drama consists of 24 scenes and is written predominantly in blank verse. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into theatre. ... Aleksandr Pushkin by Vasily Tropinin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин ) (June 6 [O.S. May 26] 1799 – February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1837) was a Russian Romantic author whom many consider the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. ... Tsar Boris I Boris Feodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) (c. ... Tsar (Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian цар, Russian , in scientific transliteration respectively car and car ), often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English, is the official Slavonic title designating Emperor in the following states: Bulgaria in 913–1422 (for later usage in 1908–1946, see below) Serbia in... Blank verse is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme. ...

Dramatis Personae

• Boris Godunov, boyar, later Tsar
• Fyodor, his son
• Kseniya, his daughter
• Kseniya’s Nurse
• Prince Shuyskiy, boyar
• Prince Vorotinskiy, boyar
• Shchelkalov, Secretary of the Duma
• Pimen, monk and chronicler
• Grigoriy Otrepyev, monk, later Dmitriy, the Pretender
• Patriarch, Abbot of the Chudov Monastery.
• Misail, wandering monk
• Varlaam, wandering monk
• Afanasiy Mikhailovich Pushkin, friend of Prince Shuyskiy
• Gabriel Pushkin, his nephew
• Semyon Nikitich Godunov, secret agent of Boris Godunov
• Prince Kurbskiy, disgraced boyar
• Khrushchov, disgraced boyar
• Karela, a Cossack
• Prince Vishnevetskiy
• Mniszech, Voyevoda of Sambor
• Marina, his daughter
• Ruzya, her chambermaid
• Basmanov, a Russian officer
• Marzharet, officer of the Pretender
• Rozen, officer of the Pretender
• Mosalskiy, boyar
• Hostess of the Inn
• Boyars, People, Peasants, Inspectors, Officers, Attendants, Guests, a Catholic Priest, a Polish Noble, a Poet, an Idiot, a Beggar, Gentlemen, Guards, Soldiers, Ladies, Gentleman, Boys, Servants

Synopsis

• Scene 1 - Kremlin Palaces.
• Scene 2 - Red Square.
• Scene 3 - Novodevichiy Monastery.
• Scene 4 - Kremlin Palaces.
• Scene 5 - Night. A Cell in the Chudov Monastery.
• Scene 6 - Palaces of the Patriarch.
• Scene 7 - The Tsar’s Palaces.
• Scene 8 - An Inn on the Lithuanian Border.
• Scene 9 - Moscow. The Home of Shuyskiy.
• Scene 10 - The Tsar’s Palaces.
• Scene 11 - Krakow. The Home of Vishnevetskiy.
• Scene 12 - Castle of the Voyevoda Mniszech in Sambor.
• Scene 13 - A Suite of Lighted Rooms
• Scene 14 - Night. A Garden. A Fountain.
• Scene 15 - The Lithuanian Frontier.
• Scene 16 - The Tsar’s Duma.
• Scene 17 - Plain near Novgorod-Seversk.
• Scene 18 - Square before a Cathedral in Moscow.
• Scene 19 - Sevsk.
• Scene 20 - A Forest.
• Scene 21 - Moscow. The Tsar’s Palaces.
• Scene 22 - Headquarters.
• Scene 23 - Lobnoye Mesto.
• Scene 24 - The Kremlin. The House of Boris.