1) People use names from other cultures in stories / plays they write all the time.
2) The Wiki article you provided doesn't say that the play is Russian anyway. The author of the original story was German, and the creators of the ballet were French (although one did
work for a Russian ballet company).
www.archaeochrisell.blogspot.com
www.btnskitchen.blogspot.com
This message was edited 3/19/2008, 4:17 AM