Squaring the Circle
by Eugene Lyons, Charles Malamuth, Valentine Kataev

Highlights

Female

Male

Interior Set

A hilarious Comedy from Soviet Russia about two mismated couples who are obliged to live in a single room because of the acute housing shortage.

Each of the girls turns her half of the room into a symbol of her own mind.

On one side is the Spartan bareness of an earnest Communist; on the other, the comforts of the bourgeois.

But the husbands do not feel at ease in their halves, each hankering for the woman and atmosphere on the other side.

This basic story, with incidents that make it one continuous laugh, is not without its serious implications.

The young people discuss and apply in action Soviet notions about relations between the sexes.

Character	Gender	Age	Description
VASYA early twenties, a boy of normally serious inclinations and	male	—	early twenties, a boy of normally serious inclinations and
KUZNETZOVA a Communist girl of dark complexion and studious eyes and	female	—	a Communist girl of dark complexion and studious eyes and
ABRAM a jovial, good-natured youth, simple dress, in blue Russian blouse over which he wears a leather coat.	male	—	a jovial, good-natured youth, simple dress, in blue Russian blouse over which he wears a leather coat.
SASHKA Ludmilla's little brother.	male	—	Ludmilla's little brother.
EMILIAN a hulking, athletic figure, abounding	—	—	a hulking, athletic figure, abounding
BORIS NOVIKOV	—	—	—