Nikolai Leskov
An image from The Left-Hander, one of the productions that also features Nikolai Leskov.
Nikolai Leskov

Nikolai Leskov

February 16, 1831 — Gorokhovo, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (1831–1895) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique writing style and innovative experiments in form, and held in high esteem by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky among others, Leskov is credited with creating a comprehensive picture of contemporary Russian society using mostly short literary forms. His major works include Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1865) (which was later made into an opera by Shostakovich), The Cathedral Clergy (1872), The Enchanted Wanderer (1873), and "The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea" (1881).

Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

2016

Siberian Lady Macbeth

Siberian Lady Macbeth

1962

The Left-Hander

The Left-Hander

1986

Left-Hander

Left-Hander

1964

Katerina Izmailova

Katerina Izmailova

1966

Drama from the Old Life

Drama from the Old Life

1971

The Charming Traveller

The Charming Traveller

1990

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

1992