Пир во время чумы

A Feast in Time of Plague

Author

Alexander Pushkin

Language

Russian

Year

1832

Country

Russian Empire

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

Part of

Little Tragedies

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A Feast in Time of Plague is an 1830 play by Alexander Pushkin. The plot concerns a banquet in which the central figure taunts death with a toast "And so, O Plague, we hail thy reign!". The story is based on 4th scene of Act 1 of John Wilson's play The City of Plague (1816).