An Optimistic Tragedy

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Optimistic Tragedy ({{langx|ru|Оптимистическая трагедия}}) is a play written by Vsevolod Vishnevskiy in the Soviet Union in 1933 with a dedication to the 15th anniversary of the Red Army.{{Cite web |title=Stage design, Vsevolod Vishnevsky: An Optimistic Tragedy - Ladislav Vychodil |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/stage-design-vsevolod-vishnevsky-an-optimistic-tragedy/2gHe42PMjTTCeg |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=An Optimistic Tragedy: a play in three acts · Digital Handbook for Research on Soviet History |url=https://dccollection.share.library.harvard.edu/items/show/15416 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=dccollection.share.library.harvard.edu}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qXZDAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22An+Optimistic+Tragedy%22&pg=PA8&article_id=3573,4636589 |title=The Glasgow Herald |publisher=The Glasgow Herald |language=en}}{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=88xIQiXVMCQC&dq=%22An+Optimistic+Tragedy%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA109 |title=McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes |date=1984 |publisher=VNR AG |isbn=978-0-07-079169-5 |language=en}}

The play is set in St. Petersburg, and Kronstadt, Russia, after the Russian Revolution and during the Russian Civil War. Some scenes are set on a ship of the Red Navy on the Baltic Sea near Saint Petersburg. The play has three acts.