The action takes place in the second half of the 19th century, in a provincial town, in a poor apartment on the outskirts. Lyubov Ivanovna Otradina, “a girl of noble birth”, who lives by her work, sews and talks with the maid. From the conversation it turns out that the beloved of the heroine, the father of her child, Murov, will not set the wedding day in any way. The women are discussing the return to the city of Otradina's friend Shelavina, who received a huge inheritance from a rich old man in a dubious way and is preparing for the wedding. Murov comes, says that he does not dare to tell his mother, on whom he is completely dependent, about his intention to marry a dowry, reports the need to leave on maternal affairs, shows indifference to his son, who is already three years old and lives with the bourgeois Galchikha, who takes children to raise . During the conversation, Shelavina arrives. Murov, to Otradina's surprise, hides from her in the bedroom. Shelavina chats about the wedding, about the dress and shows her friend a photo of the groom. Otradina recognizes Murov. After her friend leaves, she angrily kicks him out. At this time, Galchikha runs in with the news that her son Grisha is dying. “Well, now you are completely free,” Otradina says to Murov and runs away. “I'm coming for you,” Murov replies.

The second action takes place in a hotel, seventeen years later. The rich gentleman Dudukin, the patron of actors, is waiting for the return of the famous actress Elena Ivanovna Kruchinina, who is touring in the city. The premiere of the local theater Korinkin appears. She reports a scandal arranged by the young actor Neznamov to the local rich man Mukhoboev. According to the actress, Neznamov has "a sharp and evil tongue and the most bad character." Korinkina leaves, Kruchinina returns, tells Dudukin that she asked the governor to forgive Neznamov and not expel him from the city. To her questions about the young man, Dudukin replies that Grigory Neznamov is illegitimate, was brought up and taken to Siberia, received some education, but after the death of his adoptive father and the remarriage of his widows, he began to be offended and persecuted in the house. He ran away, was returned to the stage, with difficulty straightened out some kind of residence permit, stuck with the troupe and now is constantly afraid that he would not be sent back along the stage. Kruchinina tells her story, says that when she saw her dying child, she lost consciousness, she herself fell ill with diphtheria, and when she recovered, she was told that her son had died. Sick, she was taken in by a wealthy distant relative, with whom she lived until her death as a companion, traveled with her, and then inherited some fortune and decided to become an actress. Because she did not see her son in the coffin, she always thinks that he is alive, she thinks about him, dreams of meeting him. Dudukin persuades her to take care of herself, give up fantasies and leaves.

Suddenly, Neznamov and Shmaga appear in the room, waiting for Kruchinina in the buffet. On behalf of Neznamov, Shmaga reproaches Kruchinina for her intercession, which she was not asked for. Kruchinina apologizes. Neznamov talks about his grievances, about the reproaches with which his comrades in the troupe will pester him.

The action takes place in the second half of the 19th century, in a provincial town, in a poor apartment on the outskirts. Lyubov Ivanovna Otradina, “a girl of noble birth”, who lives by her work, sews and talks with the maid. From the conversation it turns out that the beloved of the heroine, the father of her child, Murov, will not set the wedding day in any way. The women are discussing the return to the city of Otradina's friend Shelavina, who received a huge inheritance from a rich old man in a dubious way and is preparing for the wedding. Murov comes, says that he does not dare to tell his mother, on whom he is completely dependent, about his intention to marry a dowry, reports the need to leave on maternal affairs, shows indifference to his son, who is already three years old and lives with the bourgeois Galchikha, who takes children to raise . During the conversation, Shelavina arrives. Murov, to Otradina's surprise, hides from her in the bedroom. Shelavina chats about the wedding, about the dress and shows her friend a photo of the groom. Otradina recognizes Murov. After her friend leaves, she angrily kicks him out. At this time, Galchikha runs in with the news that her son Grisha is dying. “Well, now you are completely free,” Otradina says to Murov and runs away. “I'm coming for you,” Murov replies.

The second action takes place in a hotel, seventeen years later. The rich gentleman Dudukin, the patron of actors, is waiting for the return of the famous actress Elena Ivanovna Kruchinina, who is touring in the city. The premiere of the local theater Korinkin appears. She reports a scandal arranged by the young actor Neznamov to the local rich man Mukhoboev. According to the actress, Neznamov has "a sharp and evil tongue and the most bad character." Korinkina leaves, Kruchinina returns, tells Dudukin that she asked the governor to forgive Neznamov and not expel him from the city. To her inquiries about the young man, Dudukin replies that Grigory Neznamov was illegitimate, was brought up and taken to Siberia, received some education, but after the death of his adoptive father and the second marriage of his widow, they began to offend and persecute him in the house. He ran away, was returned to the stage, with difficulty straightened out some kind of residence permit, stuck with the troupe and now is constantly afraid that he would not be sent back along the stage. Kruchinina tells her story, says that when she saw her dying child, she lost consciousness, she herself fell ill with diphtheria, and when she recovered, she was told that her son had died. Sick, she was taken in by a wealthy distant relative, with whom she lived until her death as a companion, traveled with her, and then inherited some fortune and decided to become an actress. Because she did not see her son in the coffin, she always thinks that he is alive, she thinks about him, dreams of meeting him. Dudukin persuades her to take care of herself, give up fantasies and leaves.

Suddenly, Neznamov and Shmaga appear in the room, waiting for Kruchinina in the buffet. On behalf of Neznamov, Shmaga reproaches Kruchinina for her intercession, which she was not asked for. Kruchinina apologizes. Neznamov talks about his grievances, about the reproaches with which his comrades in the troupe will pester him. From his reasoning one can see anger, disbelief in any good motives of people, because he “walked through the stage without any fault as a child”, only because of the lack of papers. The frustrated Kruchinina ardently says that he has not seen much in life yet, according to her, there are a lot of good people in the world, especially women. She will not stop helping people, although this does not always end well. Neznamov is amazed and moved, and Shmaga demands that Kruchinina pay their bill at the buffet and give them a "loan". Embarrassed, Neznamov kicks him out and apologizes to Kruchinina, who gives him money to buy a coat for Shmaga. Saying goodbye, he kisses her hand, and she kisses him on the head. A "crazy beggar" appears, in which Kruchinina recognizes Galchikha. She asks her to show her son’s grave, but the old woman says that the boy recovered, getting better, kept calling “mother, mother”, and then she gave him to a childless couple for money, while Murov approved this and added more money to her from himself. Galchikha can't remember anything else. Kruchinina, sobbing, exclaims: “What villainy!”

The third act takes place in Korinkina's theatrical dressing room. She complains to her first lover Milovzorov that Kruchinina's performance captured not only the audience, but also the troupe, and you have "your own actress, you must support her." She conveys Dudukin's story about the life of Kruchinina, cynically interpreting her fate as the story of a free-spirited woman. She invites Milovzorov to set Neznamov on Kruchinina, getting him drunk and "debunking" Kruchinina in his eyes. He agrees. She advises Dudukin, who visited her, to arrange an evening in honor of Kruchinina today. Shmaga appears, assuring that Neznamov "lost the thread in life", refuses tavern pleasures and admires Kruchinina. After the departure of Dudukin and Shmagi, Neznamov appears. Korinkina begins to flirt with him and persuades him to go with her to Dudukin's in the evening. Neznamov and Milovzorov are left alone and talk about Kruchinina, Milovzorov agrees to recognize her acting gift, but gradually retells the version of her life composed by Korinka. Neznamov despairs, but still has some doubts whether this is true, decides to check everything in the evening and leaves.

Korinkina leaves Kruchinina, who has arrived, in her dressing room, the best in the theater, and leaves. Murov appears, expresses his admiration for Kruchinina's performance and asks if she is Otradina. Confirming his guess, she refuses to talk about herself and demands to know where her son is. Murov, who hoped that she did not know about his recovery, is forced to report that he was adopted by a wealthy merchant. In his story, he mentions that he put on the baby a gold medallion, once presented to him by Otradina. After that, he says that his family life was unhappy, but, having become a widow, he inherited his wife's huge fortune, and when he saw Kruchinina, he realized what a treasure he had lost, and now asks her to become Mrs. Murova. To all this Kruchinina replies: “Where is my son? Until I see him, there will be no other conversation between us.

Neznamov and Shmaga appear again, talking about the gossip told by Milovzorov, which Neznamov either believes or doubts. He suspects an intrigue here, but Shmaga gradually strengthens him in distrust of Kruchinina. An extremely excited Neznamov leaves with Shmaga to the "Meeting of Merry Friends" tavern.

The last action takes place in the garden of the Dudukin estate. Korinkina calls the actors for a snack and quietly instructs Milovzorov to properly “warm up” Neznamov. Kruchinina tells Dudukin about Galchikha's confession and complains that she cannot find any trace of her son. Dudukin tries to calm her down and considers the search hopeless. Murov appears, Dudukin leaves to seat the guests at the cards, and Murov reports that he made inquiries and found out that their son and his adoptive father fell ill and died (while he constantly confuses the name of the adoptive parent). Kruchinina does not believe. Then Murov demands that she leave and, with her searches, not cast a shadow on his reputation in the city, where he has everything to do and therefore he cannot leave it himself. Otherwise, he threatens her with trouble. Kruchinina replies that she is not afraid of him and will continue to search.

Dudukin invites everyone to dinner. Kruchinina wants to return to the hotel, then she is asked to at least drink champagne on the road. Korinkina tells Neznamov and Shmage not to talk about children at the table with Kruchinina. Neznamov sees this as a confirmation of the stories about Kruchinina and promises to make a toast "about adults." After a solemn speech in honor of Kruchinina and her response speech, in which she shares success with the entire troupe, Neznamov suddenly makes a toast “to mothers who abandon their children,” and in a pathetic monologue describes the misfortune of children who are in need, and most importantly, ridicule. At the same time, he mentions that some do even worse, giving an abandoned child some kind of golden trinket, which constantly reminds him of his mother who abandoned him. The amazed Kruchinina rushes to him and pulls out her medallion from his chest, shouting “he, he!” she loses consciousness. The shocked Neznamov promises not to take revenge on anyone for the evil intrigue, because he is now a “child” and asks Kruchinina, who has come to her senses, where his father is. Looking at the frightened Murov, Kruchinina tells her son: “Your father is not worth looking for him,” promises that Neznamov will study and, having a clear talent, will become a good actor, and his mother’s surname is no worse than any other.

Summary of Ostrovsky's comedy "Guilty Without Guilt"

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Guilty without guilt
Summary of comedy
The action takes place in the second half of the 19th century, in a provincial town, in a poor apartment on the outskirts. Lyubov Ivanovna Otradina, “a girl of noble birth”, who lives by her work, sews and talks with the maid. From the conversation it turns out that the beloved of the heroine, the father of her child, Murov, will not set the wedding day in any way. The women are discussing the return to the city of Otradina's friend Shelavina, who received a huge inheritance from a rich old man in a dubious way and is preparing for the wedding. Comes

Murov, says that he does not dare to tell his mother, on whom he completely depends, about his intention to marry a dowry, reports the need to leave on maternal affairs, shows indifference to his son, who is already three years old and lives with the bourgeois Galchikha, who takes children to raise. During the conversation, Shelavina arrives. Murov, to Otradina's surprise, hides from her in the bedroom. Shelavina chats about the wedding, about the dress and shows her friend a photo of the groom. Otradina recognizes Murov. After her friend leaves, she angrily kicks him out. At this time, Galchikha runs in with the news that her son Grisha is dying. “Well, now you are completely free,” Otradina says to Murov and runs away. “I'm coming for you,” Murov replies.
The second action takes place in a hotel, seventeen years later. The rich gentleman Dudukin, the patron of actors, is waiting for the return of the famous actress Elena Ivanovna Kruchinina, who is touring in the city. The premiere of the local theater Korinkin appears. She reports a scandal arranged by the young actor Neznamov to the local rich man Mukhoboev. According to the actress, Neznamov "has a sharp and evil tongue and the most bad character." Korinkina leaves, Kruchinina returns, tells Dudukin that she asked the governor to forgive Neznamov and not expel him from the city. To her questions about the young man, Dudukin replies that Grigory Neznamov is illegitimate, was brought up and taken to Siberia, received some education, but after the death of his adoptive father and the remarriage of his widows, he began to be offended and persecuted in the house. He ran away, was returned to the stage, with difficulty straightened out some kind of residence permit, stuck with the troupe and now is constantly afraid that he would not be sent back along the stage. Kruchinina tells her story, says that when she saw her dying child, she lost consciousness, she herself fell ill with diphtheria, and when she recovered, she was told that her son had died. Sick, she was taken in by a wealthy distant relative, with whom she lived until her death as a companion, traveled with her, and then inherited some fortune and decided to become an actress. Because she did not see her son in the coffin, she always thinks that he is alive, she thinks about him, dreams of meeting him. Dudukin persuades her to take care of herself, give up fantasies and leaves.
Suddenly, Neznamov and Shmaga appear in the room, waiting for Kruchinina in the buffet. On behalf of Neznamov, Shmaga reproaches Kruchinina for her intercession, which she was not asked for. Kruchinina apologizes. Neznamov talks about his grievances, about the reproaches with which his comrades in the troupe will pester him. From his reasoning one can see anger, disbelief in any good motives of people, because he “walked through the stage without any fault as a child”, only because of the lack of papers. The frustrated Kruchinina ardently says that he has not seen much in life yet, according to her, there are a lot of good people in the world, especially women. She will not stop helping people, although this does not always end well. Neznamov is amazed and moved, and Shmaga demands that Kruchinina pay their bill at the buffet and give them a “loan”. Embarrassed, Neznamov kicks him out and apologizes to Kruchinina, who gives him money to buy a coat for Shmaga. Saying goodbye, he kisses her hand, and she kisses him on the head. A “crazy beggar” appears, in which Kruchinina recognizes Galchikha. She asks her to show her son’s grave, but the old woman says that the boy recovered, getting better, kept calling “mother, mother”, and then she gave him to a childless couple for money, while Murov approved this and added money to her from himself. Galchikha can't remember anything else. Kruchinina, sobbing, exclaims: “What villainy!”
The third act takes place in Korinkina's theatrical dressing room. She complains to her first lover Milovzorov that Kruchinina's performance captured not only the audience, but also the troupe, and you have "your own actress, you must support her." She conveys Dudukin's story about the life of Kruchinina, cynically interpreting her fate as the story of a free-spirited woman. She invites Milovzorov to set Neznamov on Kruchinina, getting him drunk and “debunking” Kruchinina in his eyes. He agrees. She advises Dudukin, who visited her, to arrange an evening in honor of Kruchinina today. Shmaga appears, assuring that Neznamov "lost the thread in life", refuses tavern pleasures and admires Kruchinina. After the departure of Dudukin and Shmagi, Neznamov appears. Korinkina begins to flirt with him and persuades him to go with her to Dudukin's in the evening. Neznamov and Milovzorov are left alone and talk about Kruchinina, Milovzorov agrees to recognize her acting gift, but gradually retells the version of her life composed by Korinka. Neznamov despairs, but still has some doubts whether this is true, decides to check everything in the evening and leaves.
Korinkina leaves Kruchinina, who has arrived, in her dressing room, the best in the theater, and leaves. Murov appears, expresses his admiration for Kruchinina's performance and asks if she is Otradina. Confirming his guess, she refuses to talk about herself and demands to know where her son is. Murov, who hoped that she did not know about his recovery, is forced to report that he was adopted by a wealthy merchant. In his story, he mentions that he put on the baby a gold medallion, once presented to him by Otradina. After that, he says that his family life was unhappy, but, having become a widow, he inherited his wife's huge fortune, and when he saw Kruchinina, he realized what a treasure he had lost, and now asks her to become Mrs. Murova. To all this Kruchinina replies: “Where is my son? Until I see him, there will be no other conversation between us.”
Neznamov and Shmaga appear again, talking about the gossip told by Milovzorov, which Neznamov either believes or doubts. He suspects an intrigue here, but Shmaga gradually strengthens him in distrust of Kruchinina. Extremely excited Neznamov leaves with Shmaga to the tavern "Meeting of Merry Friends".
The last action takes place in the garden of the Dudukin estate. Korinkina calls the actors for a snack and quietly instructs Milovzorov to properly “warm up” Neznamov. Kruchinina tells Dudukin about Galchikha's confession and complains that she cannot find any trace of her son. Dudukin tries to calm her down and considers the search hopeless. Murov appears, Dudukin leaves to seat the guests at the cards, and Murov reports that he made inquiries and found out that their son and his adoptive father fell ill and died (while he constantly confuses the name of the adoptive parent). Kruchinina does not believe. Then Murov demands that she leave and, with her searches, not cast a shadow on his reputation in the city, where he has everything to do and therefore he cannot leave it himself. Otherwise, he threatens her with trouble. Kruchinina replies that she is not afraid of him and will continue to search.
Dudukin invites everyone to dinner. Kruchinina wants to return to the hotel, then she is asked to at least drink champagne on the road. Korinkina tells Neznamov and Shmage not to talk about children at the table with Kruchinina. Neznamov sees this as a confirmation of the stories about Kruchinina and promises to make a toast “about adults”. After a solemn speech in honor of Kruchinina and her response speech, in which she shares success with the entire troupe, Neznamov suddenly makes a toast “to mothers who abandon their children”, and in a pathetic monologue describes the misfortune of children who are in need, and most importantly, ridicule. At the same time, he mentions that some do even worse, giving an abandoned child some kind of golden trinket, which constantly reminds him of his mother who abandoned him. The amazed Kruchinina rushes to him and pulls out her medallion from his chest, shouting “he, he!” she loses consciousness. The shocked Neznamov promises not to take revenge on anyone for the evil intrigue, because he is now a “child” and asks Kruchinina, who has come to her senses, where his father is. Looking at the frightened Murov, Kruchinina says to her son: “Your father is not worth looking for him,” promises that Neznamov will study and, having a clear talent, will become a good actor, and his mother’s surname is no worse than any other.

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Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky

"Guilty Without Guilt"

The action takes place in the second half of the 19th century, in a provincial town, in a poor apartment on the outskirts. Lyubov Ivanovna Otradina, “a girl of noble birth”, who lives by her work, sews and talks with the maid. From the conversation it turns out that the beloved of the heroine, the father of her child, Murov, will not set the wedding day in any way. The women are discussing the return to the city of Otradina's friend Shelavina, who received a huge inheritance from a rich old man in a dubious way and is preparing for the wedding. Murov comes, says that he does not dare to tell his mother, on whom he completely depends, about his intention to marry a dowry, reports the need to leave on maternal affairs, shows indifference to his son, who is already three years old and lives with the bourgeois Galchikha, who takes children to raise . During the conversation, Shelavina arrives. Murov, to the surprise of Otradina, hides from her in the bedroom. Shelavina chats about the wedding, about the dress and shows her friend a photo of the groom. Otradina recognizes Murov. After her friend leaves, she angrily kicks him out. At this time, Galchikha runs in with the news that her son Grisha is dying. “Well, now you are completely free,” Otradina says to Murov and runs away. “I'm coming for you,” Murov replies.

The second action takes place in a hotel, seventeen years later. The rich gentleman Dudukin, the patron of actors, is waiting for the return of the famous actress Elena Ivanovna Kruchinina, who is touring in the city. The premiere of the local theater Korinkin appears. She reports a scandal arranged by the young actor Neznamov to the local rich man Mukhoboev. According to the actress, Neznamov has "a sharp and evil tongue and the most bad character." Korinkina leaves, Kruchinina returns, tells Dudukin that she asked the governor to forgive Neznamov and not expel him from the city. To her questions about the young man, Dudukin replies that Grigory Neznamov was illegitimate, was taken in for upbringing and taken to Siberia, received some education, but after the death of his adoptive father and the second marriage of his widow, they began to offend and persecute him in the house. He ran away, was returned to the stage, with difficulty straightened out some kind of residence permit, stuck with the troupe and now is constantly afraid that he would not be sent back through the stage. Kruchinina tells her story, says that when she saw her dying child, she lost consciousness, she herself fell ill with diphtheria, and when she recovered, she was told that her son had died. Sick, she was taken in by a wealthy distant relative, with whom she lived until her death as a companion, traveled with her, and then inherited some fortune and decided to become an actress. Because she did not see her son in the coffin, she always thinks that he is alive, she thinks about him, dreams of meeting him. Dudukin persuades her to take care of herself, give up fantasies and leaves.

Suddenly, Neznamov and Shmaga appear in the room, waiting for Kruchinina in the buffet. On behalf of Neznamov, Shmaga reproaches Kruchinina for her intercession, which she was not asked for. Kruchinina apologizes. Neznamov talks about his grievances, about the reproaches that his comrades in the troupe will pester him with. From his reasoning one can see anger, disbelief in any kind of good motives of people, because he “went through the stage without any fault as a child”, only because of the lack of papers. The frustrated Kruchinina passionately says that he has not seen much in his life, there are many good people, according to her, in the world, especially women. She will not stop helping people, although this does not always end well. Neznamov is amazed and moved, and Shmaga demands that Kruchinina pay their bill at the buffet and give them a "loan". Embarrassed, Neznamov kicks him out and apologizes to Kruchinina, who gives him money to buy a coat for Shmagi. Saying goodbye, he kisses her hand, and she kisses him on the head. A "crazy beggar" appears, in which Kruchinina recognizes Galchikha. She asks her to show her son’s grave, but the old woman says that the boy recovered, getting better, kept calling “mom, mom”, and then she gave him to a childless couple for money, Murov approved this and added more money to her from himself. Galchikha can't remember anything else. Kruchinina, sobbing, exclaims: “What villainy!”

The third act takes place in Korinkina's theatrical dressing room. She complains to her first lover Milovzorov that Kruchinina's performance captured not only the audience, but also the troupe, and you "have your own actress, you must support her." She conveys Dudukin's story about the life of Kruchinina, cynically interpreting her fate as the story of a woman of a free disposition. She invites Milovzorov to set Neznamov on Kruchinina, getting him drunk and "debunking" Kruchinina in his eyes. He agrees. She advises Dudukin, who visited her, to arrange an evening in honor of Kruchinina today. Shmaga appears, assuring that Neznamov "lost the thread in life", refuses tavern pleasures and admires Kruchinina. After the departure of Dudukin and Shmagi, Neznamov appears. Korinkina begins to flirt with him and persuades him to go with her to Dudukin's in the evening. Neznamov and Milovzorov are left alone and talk about Kruchinina, Milovzorov agrees to recognize her acting gift, but gradually retells the version of her life composed by Korinkina. Neznamov despairs, but still has some doubts whether this is true, decides to check everything in the evening and leaves.

Korinkina leaves Kruchinina, who has arrived, in her dressing room, the best in the theater, and leaves. Murov appears, expresses his admiration for the game of Kruchinina and asks if she is Otradina. Confirming his guess, she refuses to talk about herself and demands to know where her son is. Murov, who hoped that she did not know about his recovery, is forced to report that he was adopted by a wealthy merchant. In his story, he mentions that he put on the baby a golden medallion, once presented to him by Otradina. After that, he says that his family life was unhappy, but, having become a widow, he inherited his wife’s huge fortune, and when he saw Kruchinina, he realized what a treasure he had lost, and now asks her to become Mrs. Murova. To all this Kruchinina replies: “Where is my son? Until I see him, there will be no other conversation between us.

Neznamov and Shmaga appear again, talking about the gossip told by Milovzorov, which Neznamov either believes or doubts. He suspects an intrigue here, but Shmaga gradually strengthens him in distrust of Kruchinina. An extremely excited Neznamov leaves with Shmaga to the "Meeting of Merry Friends" tavern.

The last action takes place in the garden of the Dudukin estate. Korinkina calls the actors for a snack and slowly instructs Milovzorov to properly “warm up” Neznamov. Kruchinina tells Dudukin about Galchikha's confession and complains that she cannot find any trace of her son. Dudukin tries to calm her down and considers the search hopeless. Murov appears, Dudukin leaves to seat the guests at the cards, and Murov reports that he made inquiries and found out that their son and his adoptive father fell ill and died (while he constantly confuses the name of the adoptive parent). Kruchinina does not believe. Then Murov demands that she leave and, with her searches, not cast a shadow on his reputation in the city, where he has everything to do and therefore he cannot leave it himself. Otherwise, he threatens her with trouble. Kruchinina replies that she is not afraid of him and will continue to search.

Dudukin invites everyone to dinner. Kruchinina wants to return to the hotel, then she is asked to at least drink champagne on the road. Korinkina tells Neznamov and Shmage not to talk about children at the table with Kruchinina. Neznamov sees this as a confirmation of the stories about Kruchinina and promises to make a toast "about adults." After a solemn speech in honor of Kruchinina and her response speech, in which she shares success with the entire troupe, Neznamov suddenly makes a toast “to mothers who abandon their children,” and in a pathetic monologue describes the misfortune of children who are in need, and most importantly, ridicule. At the same time, he mentions that some do even worse, giving an abandoned child some kind of golden trinket, which constantly reminds him of his mother who abandoned him. The amazed Kruchinina rushes to him and pulls out her medallion from his chest, shouting “he, he!” she loses consciousness. The shocked Neznamov promises not to take revenge on anyone for the evil intrigue, because he is now a “child” and asks Kruchinina, who has come to her senses, where his father is. Looking at the frightened Murov, Kruchinina tells her son: “Your father is not worth looking for him,” promises that Neznamov will study and, having a clear talent, will become a good actor, and his mother’s surname is no worse than any other.

In a small apartment, which is located on the outskirts of the provincial town, lives Lyubov Ivanovna Otradina, a girl of noble birth. She sews and lives by her work, talking with the maid. The father of the child, nMurov, will not set the wedding day in any way, being afraid to admit to his mother that he is marrying a dowry.

One day Murov comes and says that he is leaving on urgent business. He shows ordinary indifference to his child, who is three years old. Murov lives with the petty-bourgeois Galchikha, who works as a governess and takes care of her children.

Suddenly, Shelavina arrives, a friend of Otradina, who received a rich inheritance in a dubious way, and is now preparing for the wedding. Shelavina happily chats about the wedding and, boasting, shows a photo of the groom. Otradina, with horror, recognizes Murov and kicks him out. Galchikha comes running with the news that her son Grisha is dying.

It's been seventeen years now. In the hotel, a rich gentleman and patron of actors Dudkin is looking forward to the return of actress Elena Ivanovna Kruchinina, who is touring in the city. Then the premiere of the theater appears and reports that a scandal has been set up by the young actor Neznamov to the local rich man Mukhoboev. Kruchinina asks the governor to forgive Neznamov and not to expel him from the city. Dudkin says that Grigory, not legitimate, was taken to Siberia for education, received some kind of education, and with difficulty received some kind of residence permit, joining the troupe. Kruchinina tells her story of how she lost consciousness when she saw her dying child. When she recovered, they said that the child had died. She was taken in by a wealthy relative, where she lived as a companion, and, having received an inheritance, decided to become an actress.

Neznamov and Shmaga appear, waiting for Kruchinina. Neznamov talks about his grievances, which shows his anger and disbelief in some kind of good motives of people. She gives him some money. A beggar appears, in which Kruchinina recognizes Galchikha. She asks her to tell what happened to her son and where he is, the old woman explains that she gave him to a childless couple for money, and Murov approved and added money.

In the theatrical dressing room, Korinkina complains to Milovzdorov that the rumor about Kruchinina is circulating among the troupe and tells the story of Dudkin, but in a cynical form and offers to arrange an evening in honor of Kruchinina. Neznamov and Milovzorov talk about Kruchinina, but Neznamov doubts the veracity of the story, deciding to check everything himself. Murov appears, admiring her game. She demands to know where her son is. Murov says that he was adopted by a wealthy merchant and mentions a gold medallion worn on his finger, which was presented by Otradina. Neznamov suspects intrigue here.

In the garden at Dudkin's estate, Kruchinina tells Dudkin about Galchikha's confession. Murov forces Kruchinina to leave the city so that his search does not cast a shadow on his reputation. Neznamov makes a toast to mothers who abandon their children, and they are forced to endure suffering, but some endow their child with a trinket that constantly reminds of the mother who abandoned him. Kruchinina rushes to Neznamov, losing consciousness. Looking at the frightened Murov, she tells her son that your father is not worth looking for him. He promises him that he will become a good actor, and his mother's surname is no worse than any other.

A woman is deceived by her son's father - he marries her rich friend. The child is said to be dying. Having changed her name, the heroine achieves success in the theater. And fifteen years later everything turns out: the son, also an actor, is found, and the traitor is put to shame.

The main idea of ​​Ostrovsky's story Guilty without guilt

A play about the vicissitudes of fate that can interfere with happiness. Still, don't lose hope.

Read the summary of Ostrovsky Guilty without guilt

The play begins with the maid condemning Shelavina's expensive dress. Mrs. Otradina is angry, says that her friend has inherited wealth.

Unfortunately for the interlocutors, Otradina does not have a dowry, the wedding is still being postponed, although her child is already three years old. The father of the child, Murov, arrives and says that he does not dare to upset his mother by marriage. Here Shelavina also arrives, and it turns out that Murov is marrying this rich widow. After the scandal, Otradina is destroyed by the news that her son is dying.

The second act takes place fifteen years later. The heroine changed her surname to Kruchinina, became a famous actress. And Grisha Neznamov is an aspiring actor who sometimes sorts things out with foreigners. He has a difficult fate - he was taken into the family as an orphan, but his adoptive father died, and his mother, having married again, did not protect him from the evil stepfather. Grisha escaped, he is still afraid that he will be sent to Siberia.

Sympathizing, Kruchinina stands up for the brawler, which offended him. Suddenly, in a beggar woman, the actress recognizes the nanny of her late son, she admits that the boy did not die, she sold him to a childless family.

Actors, jealous of the talent of the guest performer, slander her. These rumors reach Neznamov, he is even more lost in his feelings: from gratitude to disgust.

And his father, the traitor Murov, having become a widow, falls in love with the brilliant Kruchinina. Gradually he recognizes Otradina in her, invites his ex-fiancee to "fix everything." But she only demands to find her son. Murov admits that he must have a gold medallion.

It turns out that Grisha is the son of Kruchinina. They found each other.

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