An Ardent Heart

An Ardent Heart
Written byAleksander Ostrovsky
Date premiered15 January 1869 (1869-01-15)
Place premieredMaly Theatre in Moscow
Original languageRussian
SubjectDomestic despotism
Genrecomedy

An Ardent Heart (Russian: Горячее сердце, romanized: Goryacheye serdtse; also translated as Burning Heart) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky written in 1858 and first published in the January 1869 issue of Otechestvennye Zapiski. It was premiered on 15 January 1869, at the Moscow's Maly Theatre and then on 29 January at the Saint Petersburg's Alexandrinsky Theatre.