Unprecedented in its comprehensiveness, The Moscow Art Theatre fills a large gap in our knowledge of Stanislavsky and his theatre. Worrall focuses in particular detail on four of The Moscow Art Theatre's best-known productions: * Tolstoy's Tsar Fedor Ioannovich * Gorky's The Lower Depths * Chekov's The Cherry Orchard * Turgenev's A Month in the Country 'Succeeds in bringing the personalities and productions of the Moscow Art Theatre to life with an enthusiasm ... that can make even a discussion of the actors' salaries fascinating.' - New Theatre Quarterly Nick Worrall teaches English and European dramatic literature, as well as Russian and Soviet literature, at Middlesex University. He has researched widely in modern Russian/Soviet theatre, specialising in the work of theatre directors. His publications include Nikolai Gogol and Ivan Turgenev, and Modernism to Realism on the Soviet Stage.