Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Грибое́дов

Woe from Wit [Горе от ума]

Woe from Wit is a comedy in verse by Alexander Griboyedov, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow. Written in 1823, the play was not passed by the censorship for the stage and only portions of it were allowed to appear in an almanac for 182...