Author: Maxim Gorky

Publisher: Viking Adult

Year: 1974

ISBN:-10: 0670443549/-13: 978-0670443543

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine Condition, looks unread

Dust Jacket condition: Fair Condition, no signs of wear, or damages

Language: English

Page Count: 90

Details: First edition thus

Synopsis: Written in 1901, Gorky’s masterpiece was presented for the first time a year later in the Moscow Art Theatre. Brooding, dark, deeply humane work, set in a cheap lodginghouse with the characters drawn from the dregs of society. Before allowing the play on the boards, the vigiliant censors made more than eighty cuts. It was a time of great unrest in Russia, but even thus emasculated, it was a huge success with Gorky taking over 15 curtain calls. The present translation, made especially for the recent production of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s recent production, has been hailed as “superb”.