The pre-interval section of the play has Dostoevsky as a revolutionary, and then as a drunkard and gambler. |
He was a crony of Buckingham, with a reputation as a wit, debauchee, drunkard, and patron. |
The drunkard fathers, violence, poverty, promiscuity, and lack of values and guidance leave these children directionless. |
There would invariably be a screaming woman, a person bent double with age and a drunkard in every performance. |
Why did the privileged first son of a wealthy dynasty become a drunkard and hell-raiser in the first place? |
Maybe one day I'll become a big drunkard, and you'll have tons to talk about. |