| LC control no. | n 91023261 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936. Na dne |
| Variant(s) | Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936. На дне |
| Form of work | Play Drama |
| Beginning date | 1901 |
| Ending date | 1902 |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Udodov, A.B. Pʹesa M. Gorʹkogo "Na dne," 1989. Wikipedia, March 6, 2014 (under The Lower Depths: The Lower Depths (Russian: На дне, Na dne, literally: 'At the bottom') is perhaps Maxim Gorky's best-known play. It was written during the winter of 1901 and the spring of 1902. Subtitled "Scenes from Russian Life," it depicted a group of impoverished Russians living in a shelter near the Volga. Produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902, Konstantin Stanislavski directed and starred. It became his first major success, and a hallmark of Russian socialist realism.) Encyclopædia Britannica online, March 6, 2014 (The Lower Depths, also translated as A Night's Lodging and At the Bottom, drama in four acts by Maksim Gorky, performed in 1902 and published in the same year as Na dne. The play is set in the late 19th century in a dilapidated flophouse and examines society's outcasts. The denizens of the rooming house are unexpectedly--and, as it turns out, briefly--uplifted by a new boarder, the tramp Luka, who listens to their stories, advises them, and spins illusions, thus offering them hope. In the end he wanders off, never to be seen again. Bleak reality sets in: a resident thief kills the landlord and is taken to jail; an alcoholic actor hangs himself.) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 91021839 |
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