Play "Vospitannitsa" ("Foster Girl"/"Protégée") in the course of A. N. Ostrovsky's creative evolution
The article views the genre specificity of the scene-play «Vospitannitsa» («Foster Girl»/«Protégée»), analyzing its basic problems and plot. Special attention is paid to the realization of the playwright's search for artistic expressiveness in the play as well as to the qualities that link «Vospitannitsa» («Foster Girl»/ «Protégée») with the comedy «Dokhodnoye mesto» («A Profitable Position») and dramatic play «Groza» («The Storm»).