It stays in the family

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Title: It stays in the family
Original title: Свои люди - сочтёмся (Svoi ljudi - cočtemsja)
Genus: comedy
Original language: Russian
Author: Alexander Ostrowski
Publishing year: 1850
Premiere: January 16, 1861
Place of premiere: Alexandrinsky Theater , Saint Petersburg
people
  • Samssón Ssílytsch Bólschow , businessman
  • Agraféna Kondrátjewna , his wife
  • Olimpiáda Samssónowna (Lipotschka) , daughter of both
  • Lásar Jelisárytsch Podchaljúsin , Commissioner
  • Ustínja Naúmowna , courtship woman
  • Ssyssói Psóitsch Rispoloschénskij , trustee (angle lawyer )
  • Fomínischna , decision maker (in Bólschow's house)
  • Tíschka , apprentice (ibid)
  • Police officer

It stays in the family ( Russian Свои люди - сочтёмся ) is a comedy in four acts by Alexander Ostrowski . It was created between 1846 and 1849 and was originally titled Der Bankrott . After problems with the theater censorship, it finally appeared in March 1850 under the title It remains in the family in the magazine Moskvitjanin .

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Scene with K. N. Rybakov (as Bolschow) and M. P. Sadowskij (as Podchaljusin), Maly Theater , 1892

The merchant Bolschow has a 19-year-old daughter, Olimpiada Samssonowna (Lipotschka), who dreams of being married off rich and noble. The planned marriage of the daughter is thematically amalgamated with how Bolshov wants to get rid of his property and fortune at the expense of his creditors. He hands it over to his commissioner Podchaljusin, who in turn is awarded the hand of Bolshov's daughter - everything should stay in the family. The daughter complies with the marriage because of the prospect of finally being able to leave her parents' house. Together with Podchaljusin, she squanders her father's fortune. Bolschow ends up in prison because of his indebtedness, his newly rich son-in-law is finally picked up by a police officer on suspicion of stolen goods .

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Alexander N. Ostrowskij: It stays in the family. Comedy in four acts. In: A. N. Ostrowskij: Dramatic works in 4 volumes. Volume 1, pp. 21-102. Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag 1951.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Personal names based on the translation by Johannes von Guenther published by Aufbau-Verlag .