Enemies Paperback / softback
by Maxim Gorky
Paperback / softback
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1905. Russia is at a turning point. Zakhar Bardin is from the landowning class, but is now the uneasy owner of a factory.
His managing director is determined to face down militant workers on a point of principle.
But the shutting of the business has tragic consequences for everyone concerned. Gorky's extraordinary play, which was written in exile and banned in his home country, presents a panoramic view of a restless society, with a bourgeoisie no longer sure of its own values, and a working class steadily facing up to the terrifying sacrifices ahead.
Described by Ronald Bryden in the Observer in 1971 as 'a real discovery . . . the missing link between Chekhov and the Russian revolution', Enemies has a dramatic breadth, humour and ambition unique to Gorky.
Maxim Gorky's Enemies is adapted by David Hare and premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in May 2006.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:18/05/2006
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- ISBN:9780571232123
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:128 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:18/05/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780571232123
