Maxim Gorky

(1868 - 1936) : Russian novelist, short-story writer and dramatist. Pseudonym of Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov. Born 28 March, 1868 in Nizhni Novgorod. Died Moscow 18 June, 1936

PLAYS

  1. Meshchane (The Petty Bourgeois). Dramatic sketch, 4 acts. Written 1901. Published 1902. Produced Moscow Art Theatre, Mar. 20, 1902.
  2. Na dne (The Lower Depths). Drama, 4 acts. Written 1902. Published 1902. Produced Moscow Art Theatre, Dec. 31, 1902
  3. Dachniki (Summer Folk). Play, 4 acts. Written 1904. Published 1904. Produced St. Petersburg, V. F. Komissarzhevsky Theatre, Nov. 11, 1904.
  4. Deti solntsa (Children of the Sun). Drama, 4 acts. Written 1905. Published 1905. Produced St. Petersburg, V. F. Komissarzhevsky Theatre, Oct. 12, 1905.
  5. Varvary (Barbarians). Play, 4 acts. Written 1905. Published 1906. Produced Berlin, 1906; St. Petersburg, Sovremeny Theatre, 1907.
  6. Vragi (Enemies). Scenes, 3 acts. Written 1906. Published 1906. Produced Leningrad, State Academic Theatre, Sept. 10, 1933; Moscow, Academic Art Theatre, Oct. 10, 1935.
  7. Posledniye (The Last Ones). Drama, 4 acts. Written 1908. Published 1908.
  8. Chudaki (The Eccentrics). Drama, 4 acts. Written 1910. Published 1910.
  9. Deti (The Children) or Vstrecha (The Meeting). Drama, 1 act. Written 1910. Published 1910.
  10. Vassa Zheleznova. Drama, 3 acts. First version: Written 1910. Published 1910. Second and third versions: Published 1933, 1935.
  11. Zykovy (The Zykovs). Drama, 4 acts. Written 1913. Published 1913/14.
  12. Falshivaya moneta (Counterfeit Money). Play, 3 scenes. Written 1913. Published 1927.
  13. Starik (The Old Man). Drama, 4 acts. Written 1915. Published 1921. Produced Moscow, State Academic Maly Theatre, Jan. 1, 1919.
  14. Yegor Bulychyov i drugiye (Yegor Bulychyov and Others). Drama, 3 acts. Written 1931. Published 1932. Produced Moscow, State Vakhtangov Theatre; Leningrad, State Bolshoi Theatre, Sept. 25, 1932.
  15. Dostigayev i drugiye (Dostigayev and Others). Drama, 3 acts. Written 1932. Published 1933. Produced Leningrad, State Bolshoi Theatre, Nov. 6, 1933.