INCLUDES THE PLAYS _THE FOREST_, _ARTISTES AND ADMIRERS_, _WOLVES AND SHEEP _AND _SIN AND SORROW_ Four of Ostrovsky’s finest plays. The best known of these, _The Forest_ (1871), has two young lovers in thrall to their tyrannical elders, who are prevented from marrying until a pair of strolling actors come to their rescue. In _Artistes and Admirers_ (1881), a comedy of theatre life, a dedicated young actress renounces both love and fortune in order to pursue her sacred calling. In the comedy _Wolves and Sheep_ (1875) Ostrovsky returns to a favourite theme, the double-dealing and hypocrisy of the Russian landowning classes, while the melodrama _Sin and Sorrow_ (1863) explores the tragic consequences of a bored provincial wife’s brief affair.