- 94 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Vassa
About this book
'There are no miracles in this world. Only those we make for ourselves.'
It's 8 a.m. and a revolt is underway.
The father is dying. The son is spying. The wife is cheating. The uncle is stealing. The mother is scheming. The dynasty is crumbling.
One house. One fortune. One victor.
Maxim Gorky's savagely funny play Vassa Zheleznova was first published in 1910. Mike Bartlett's adaptation, Vassa, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in October 2019.
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Yes, you can access Vassa by Maxim Gorky, Mike Bartlett in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Drama. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
ACT ONE
Early morning, a winter’s day. A large room – VASSA ZHELEZNOVA’s bedroom and study. It is crowded with things. In the corner behind screens is a bed, to the left is a table, covered in papers, with tiles used instead of paperweights. By the table is a tall writing desk, behind that, under the window, is a couch. There are lamps with green lampshades. In the right-hand corner there is a tiled stove-bench, and by that is a safe and a door leading into the chapel. Papers are pinned to the screens with safety pins, they rustle when anyone walks past them.
In the upstage wall there are wide doors leading into the dining room; a table can be seen, and above it a chandelier. A candle is burning on the table. DUNYA is getting the breakfast things ready. LIPA carries in a boiling samovar.
| DUNYA | (Quietly.) Is she back yet? | |
| LIPA | No. | |
| DUNYA | So what’s going to happen? | |
| LIPA | Er. Shut up? | |
| LIPA enters VASSA’s room and inspects it. | ||
| VASSA enters through the doors to the chapel, adjusting her glasses and the hair at her temples. | ||
| VASSA | You’re incredibly late. | |
| LIPA | No, I – | |
| VASSA | It’s quarter past seven. | |
| LIPA | No it’s not – | |
| V... |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Original Production
- Characters
- Vassa
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information