About the Play:

Masterpieces by great writers from the golden age of Russian theatre

The Inspector General by Gogol is a mistaken-identity farce that skewers venality, pretentiousness, and other foibles, is for many the greatest gem of Russian drama.

The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov is a later gem that brilliantly depicts the approaching dissolution of the world of the Russian aristocracy.

The Lower Depths by Gorky presents a grimly realistic view of the wretched lives of down-and-outers on the eve of the Russian Revolution.

A Month in the Country by Turgenev — a precursor of Chekhov's plays, fifty years ahead of its time — explores the painful absurdity of romantic love on a country estate filled with the light of a nineteenth-century summer.

These four plays are essential reading for courses in modern theatre, but these widely acclaimed works will be appreciated, as well, by theatregoers and drama lovers.