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Enemies

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Enemies
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Maxim Gorky
Translated by David Hare
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 128
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9780571232123
ClassificationsDewey:822.914
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 18 May 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

1905. Russia is at a turning point. Zakhar Bardin is from the landowning class, but is now the uneasy owner of a factory. His managing director is determined to face down militant workers on a point of principle. But the shutting of the business has tragic consequences for everyone concerned. Gorky's extraordinary play, which was written in exile and banned in his home country, presents a panoramic view of a restless society, with a bourgeoisie no longer sure of its own values, and a working class steadily facing up to the terrifying sacrifices ahead. Described by Ronald Bryden in the Observer in 1971 as 'a real discovery . the missing link between Chekhov and the Russian revolution', Enemies has a dramatic breadth, humour and ambition unique to Gorky. Maxim Gorky's Enemies is adapted for the stage by David Hare and premieres at the Almeida Theatre, London, in May 2006, directed by Michael Attenborough.

Author Biography

David Hare is one of Britain's most internationally performed playwrights. Born in Sussex in 1947, he had a long association with Britain's National Theatre, which produced eleven of his plays successively between 1978 and 1997. A trilogy about the church, the law and the Labour Party - Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges and The Absence of War - was presented in repertory at the Olivier Theatre in 1993. Nine of his best-known plays, including Plenty, The Secret Rapture, Skylight, The Blue Room, Amy's View, The Judas Kiss and Via Dolorosa - in which he performed - have also been performed on Broadway. David Hare's most recent play, The Breath of Life, premiered at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, in October 2002.