The Lower Depths
by Maxim Gorky, Alex Szogyi
Synopsis
In Gorky's greatest work, the characters are the dregs of society hovelled in a ramshackle inn: a thief, a degenerate baron, a prostitute, an alcoholic actor, the seedy proprietor, his sister in law who loves the thief and others.
Their discontent grows until a whistler comes to perk up their spirits and they begin to grow hopeful.
In one of their quarrels a brawl erupts, the proprietor is killed, others are jailed and the drunken actor rises to the pinnacle of his performance by hanging himself.
Press Reviews
"It is, perhaps not a play at all, but a slow moving graphic panorama of unrelieved woe. Nevertheless, truth is stamped indelibly upon it; it is the work of a master of dramatic realism."
— N.Y. World
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The Lower Depths is a play written by Maxim Gorky and published by Samuel French (1992).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle.
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