Summerfolk

Synopsis

Summerfolk (Russian: Дачники, romanized: Dachniki) is a play by Maxim Gorky written in 1904 and first published in 1905 by Znaniye (1904 Znaniye Anthology, book Three), in Saint Petersburg. Full of characters who "...might have stepped out of a Chekhovian world", it takes place in 1904—the same year that Anton Chekhov died. The play dramatises the Russian bourgeois social class and the changes occurring around them. In Russia the play premiered on 10 November 1904 at the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre in Saint Petersburg. The British premiere of the play was given by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in London on 27 August 1974. It was adapted by Jeremy Brooks and directed by David Jones, who, with Brooks, introduced several of Gorky's plays to Britain. Nick Dear adapted the play for a production on London's Olivier stage, part of the Royal National Theatre, in 1999. A new adaptation of the play (written by siblings Nina Raine and Moses Raine) ran at the Olivier from 6 March to 29 April 2026.

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Details

Type

Book

Release date

January 1, 1905

Genres

drama

Created by

Maxim Gorky