Unprecedented in its comprehensiveness, The Moscow Art Theatre fills a large gap in our knowledge of Stanislavsky and his theatre. Worrall focuses in particular detail on four of The Moscow Art Theatre's best-known productions:
* Tolstoy's Tsar Fedor Ioannovich
* Gorky's The Lower Depths
* Chekov's The Cherry Orchard
* Turgenev's A Month in the Country
Biography
Nick Worrall teaches English and European dramatic literature, as well as Russian and Soviet literature, at Middlesex University. He has researched widely in modern Russian/Soviet theatre, specialising in the work of theatre directors. His publications include Nikolai Gogol and Ivan Turgenev, and Modernism to Realism on the Soviet Stage.
'Succeeds in bringing the personalities and productions of the Moscow Art Theatre to life with an enthusiasm ... that can make even a discussion of the actors' salaries fascinating.' - New Theatre Quarterly
