To play down the controversy, Turgenev finally settled on the name A Month in the Country. In 1854 it was passed for publication, provided alterations were made - demands made more on moral than political grounds. Originally entitled The Student, the play was banned by the Saint Petersburg censor without being performed. The play was not staged until 1872, when it was given as A Month in the Country at a benefit performance for the Moscow actress Ekaterina Vasilyeva (1829–1877), who was keen to play the leading role of Natalya Petrovna. Originally titled The Student, it was written in France between 18 and first published in 1855 as Two Women. The Moscow Art Theatre's production in 1909.Ī Month in the Country (Russian: Месяц в деревне, romanized: Mesiats v derevne) is a play in five acts by Ivan Turgenev, his only well-known work for the theatre. Konstantin Stanislavski ( left) and Olga Knipper ( right)
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