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Gorky's cool view of the Revolution; THEATRE Enemies Almeida .....

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From: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Date: 20060512
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Byline: NICHOLAS DE JONGH

MAXIM Gorky's astonishing drama of employers and workers at dangerous, pre-revolutionary odds in Russia a century ago, with prophetic intimations of the political storm to come, had its only London production in 1971: by then it was six decades since the Russian premiere and recognised as one of those neglected Gorky plays that look back to Chekhov in mood and forward to the Revolution in content.

With its cast of nearly 20 characters and an episodic structure, Enemies makes big demands of director and actors. Michael Attenborough's slightly ...

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