Chasing Two Hares — Mykhailo Starytskyi

Chasing Two Hares is a classic comedy by Mykhailo Starytskyi about cobbler Holokhvastov, who tries to marry a rich girl while already having a simpler fiancée. One of the most adapted works in Ukrainian literature.

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Chasing Two Hares is a comedy of situations that became a calling card of Ukrainian theater and cinema. Svyryd Holokhvastov is a petty bourgeois seeking the good life through an advantageous marriage. His plan collapses with comic consequences.

The play was adapted into film in 1961 and became iconic. Its characters entered Ukrainian pop culture as proverbial figures.

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AuthorMykhailo Starytskyi

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Ukrainian Literature