The Minor (Fonvizin play)

The Minor
Title page of the first published edition (1783)
Original titleНедоросль
Written byDenis Fonvizin
Date premiered5 October [O.S. 24 September] 1782, Saint Petersburg
Original languageRussian
GenreComedy, play

The Minor (Russian: Недоросль; also translated as The Infant and The Young Hopeful), is a 1782 comedy play by Denis Fonvizin. It is usually regarded as the greatest pre-19th-century Russian play.

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