Woe from Wit: A Verse Comedy in Four Acts - Betsy Hulick

Alexander Griboedov (1795-1829), described by Pushkin as the cleverest man of his generation, is best known as the author of Woe from Wit . While serving on a diplomatic mission to Persia in the aftermath of the 1826-1828 Russo-Persian War, he was brutally murdered when a mob assaulted the Russian embassy in Tehran. Betsy Hulick has translated Russian poets and playwrights, including Pushkin and Chekhov, and her translation of Gogol's Inspector General was produced on Broadway.