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The Lower Depths

Maksim Gorky

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. . . head, but over the rest of the body as well. [Rises] I must go and buy some thread—our bosses are late to-day—seems as if they’ve croaked. [Exit]

[Anna coughs; Satine is lying down motionless, his hands folded behind his head.]

THE ACTOR [looks about him morosely, then goes to Anna] Feeling bad, eh?

ANNA. I’m choking—

THE ACTOR. If you wish, I’ll take you into the hallway. Get up, then, come! [He helps her to rise, wraps some sort of a rag about her shoulders, and supports her toward the hall] It isn’t easy. I’m sick myself—poisoned with alcohol . . .

[Kostilyoff appears in the doorway.]

[Pg 9]

KOSTILYOFF. Going for a stroll? What a nice couple—the gallant cavalier and the lady fair!

THE ACTOR. Step aside, you—don’t you see that we’re invalids?

KOSTILYOFF. Pass on, . . . Read More

Community Reviews

Peça de teatro originalíssima, o autor serve-se de um grupo de lumpen-proletários (tão detestados por Karl Marx), para construir uma comédia sublime.

Despairing accurate of the here and now. So this is social realism.

نخست یک شعر ساده و صادقانه از زبان ملتی که افسار خود را در چنگ خفاشان می بینند :

آفتاب طلوع میکند و غروب میکند
ولی زندان من تاریک است
زندانبان مراقب پنجره من است
هرطور که می خواهید مراقبت کنید
من میل دارم آزاد باشم
ولی چگونه زنجیرم را پاره کنم؟
آه...شما زنجیرها رنجیرهای من
و شما نگهبانان آهنین

و دوم اینکه می

أربعة نجوم للمسرحية الباهرة , و مثلهما للمترجم القدير.
أصابتنى فى البداية بالخلط لظهور كل الأبطال دفعة واحدة , و لكنى ما إن توغلت بين صفحاتها حتى جذبتنى تماما.
رغم مآساوية الأحداث إلا أننى تابعتها بشغف, يشير إسم المسرحية إلى المرحلة التى وصلت إليها روسيا قبل الثورة, حيث يعيش عشرة أشخاص فى غرفة واحدة

I imagine all lefties in The Middle East or every other place in the world, have read this play once, as a principle ... what I remember of the play now, seems to me a light melodrama story!

زمانی بود که "در اعماق" ماکسیم گورکی را از حفظ بودیم ... هم چنان که "مادر" را و بسیاری از اشعارش را و رمان ها

“Hepimiz insanız!Kendini başkası gibi göstermeye çalışsa da,yaşamda yalpalasa da insan olarak doğan insan olarak ölür!İnsanlara bakıyorum da hepsi daha akıllı,daha ilginç görünme çabasında...herkesten aşağı yaşasalar da,her şeyin en iyisini istiyorlar...”
Pek de bir şey değişmediğini görüyoruz aslınd

I read this play in graduate school and was so impressed by it I started an adaptation but never finished. Now 16 years later I'm going to try again. Five years of working in a jail and now working with the homeless have given me new eyes. I feel like I understand the play and characters on a differ

العبقريه في المسرحيه دي ، ان مفيش بطل منفرد ، أو حتى حدث محوري بتدور حوله ، الفكرة الرئيسيه هي سرد لمأساة مجموعه من البائسين ، المميز ان المشهد الواحد بتدور فيه كم كبير من الحوارات بين تقريبا كل الأبطال ، وأنا بقرأها كنت عامل زي واحد ف سيرك بيلعب بالطابات ف الهوا ومطلوب منه ميقعوش !
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