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Russian Resurrection

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From: International Herald Tribune
Date: 19990203
Author:Sheridan Morley

Sheridan Morley
International Herald Tribune
02-03-1999
It was a rich, rare and amazing week for the rediscovery and rebuilding of two Russian classics, the first from 1870 and the second from 1910. Neither the first, Alexander Ostrovsky's ''The Forest,'' at the National, nor the second, Maxim Gorky's ''Vassa,'' Almeida Theatre at the Albery, were exactly unknown or unrevived here, but over them both had descended a fog of worthiness and a feeling of academic duty rather than sheer theatrical exuberance and enjoyment in their staging.

Within a few days, all that has changed forever: the new ...

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