Boris Godunov (play) - Synopsis

Synopsis

• Scene 1 – Kremlin Palaces
• Scene 2 – Red Square
• Scene 3 – Novodevichiy Monastery
• Scene 4 – Kremlin Palaces
• Scene 5 – Night; A Cell in the Chudov Monastery
• Scene 6 – The Fence of the Monastery (Note: Deleted from the published drama)
• Scene 7 – Palaces of the Patriarch
• Scene 8 – The Tsar’s Palaces
• Scene 9 – An Inn on the Lithuanian Border
• Scene 10 – Moscow; The Home of Shuyskiy
• Scene 11 – The Tsar’s Palaces
• Scene 12 – Kraków; The Home of Vishnevetskiy
• Scene 13 – Castle of the Voyevoda Mniszech in Sambor (Note: also deleted from many editions)
• Scene 14 – A Suite of Lighted Rooms
• Scene 15 – Night; A Garden; A Fountain
• Scene 16 – The Lithuanian Frontier
• Scene 17 – The Tsar’s Duma
• Scene 18 – Plain near Novgorod-Seversk
• Scene 19 – Square before a Cathedral in Moscow
• Scene 20 – Sevsk
• Scene 21 – A Forest
• Scene 22 – Moscow; The Tsar’s Palaces
• Scene 23 – A Tent
• Scene 24 – Lobnoye Mesto (Red Square)
• Scene 25 – The Kremlin; The House of Boris