It's Not All Shrovetide for the Cat (Russian: Не всё коту масленица, romanized: Ne Vsyo Kotu Maslenitsa) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky written in 1871 and first published in the No.
It centers around the Moscovites' way of life, and merchants' language is being reproduced here with perfect accuracy," Ostrovsky explained in a letter to his friend, actor Fyodor Burdin on April 17.
The play premiered on 7 October 1871 at Maly Theatre in Moscow as a benefit for the actor Dmitry Zhivokini.
"[2] The play, warmly received in Moscow, flopped in Saint Petersburg due to faulty Alexandrinka production.
The latter suggested that "the author's idea had been apparently to show what a difference the Tsar-approved reforms were making for the people."