Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man

Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man (Russian: На всякого мудреца довольно простоты; translit. Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty) is a five-act comedy by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. The play offers a satirical treatment of bigotry and charts the rise of a double-dealer who manipulates other people's vanities. It is Ostrovsky's best-known comedy in the West.

Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man
Stanislavski (left) and Kachalov (right)
in the Moscow Art Theatre production in 1910.
Written byAleksandr Ostrovsky
Date premiered13 November [O.S. 1 November] 1868
Original languageRussian
GenreComedy
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