The great works of 19th century Russian drama possessed a quality of realism unknown in the more formalistic European theatre. The plays in this collectionn from Pushkin's tragedy of Don Juan, The Stone Guest, to Tolstoy's stark, humane The Power Of Darkness, reveal human experience on a profound level. The theme and implications of Gogol's satiric The Inspector General and the scope and complexity of Turgenev's A Month In The Country, combined with remarkable characterizations, have made these works landmarks of the Russian stage. Ostrovsky's tragic masterpiece, The Thunderstorm, has been aptly called "a poem of love and death." These plays are presented here in definitive new translations by Andrew MacAndrews.