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Based on the actual events of the last years of the life of the part-black Russian romantic poet, "Pushkin" combines the dramatic intensity of a Shakespearean tragedy with an unadorned poetic style alike to that of Frost or Yeats. First performed in New York in 2018, it received a series of rave reviews hailing it as a modern classic. The Wall Street Journal picked it as one of the four best plays of the year along with new dramas by Oscar winners Tom Stoppard and Martin McDonagh and two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage while First Things magazine called it "an extraordinary achievement...a work that will stand the test of time."