Following the death of Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov becomes regent for the feeble-minded Tsar Fyodor, after the original heir to the throne, the boy-prince Dimitri, dies mysteriously. It is widely rumored that mad Boris murdered the boy, and when a renegade monk later appears claiming to be Dimitri, he rapidly becomes a focus for revolt. Also includes: Mozart and Salieri and A Stone Guest.
Following the death of Ivan the Terrible, Boris Godunov becomes regent for the feeble-minded Tsar Fyodor, after the original heir to the throne, th...
Prize-winning adaptations of four seminal Russian plays collected together for the first time. Includes Satan's Ball, an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's Master and Margarita; Vanity, a response to Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin; Brothers Karamazov, a dramatization of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's epic final novel; and Gogol, a one-man play.
Prize-winning adaptations of four seminal Russian plays collected together for the first time. Includes Satan's Ball, an adaptation of Mikha...