Vera; or, The Nihilists concerns a plot to kill a tsar but after Alexander II was assassinated, its London premiere was cancelled. Now receiving a rare production, it captures his conflict between ethics and aesthetics Who wrote the following: "When private property is abolished, there will be no necessity for crime"? In one of his plays the same writer has a female revolutionary cry: "How easy is it for a king to ki…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM on July 7, 2025