The first major English translation of a masterful seriocomic
theatrical work by one of the most prominent writers of the Soviet
epoch Walpurgis Night, by acclaimed Russian writer Venedikt
Erofeev, is considered a classic in the playwright's homeland.
Erofeev's dark and funny five-act satire of Soviet repression has
been called the comic high-water mark of the Brezhnev era.
Walpurgis Night dramatizes the outrageous trials of Lev Isakovich
Gurevich, an alcoholic half-Jewish dissident poet confined by the
state to a hospital for the insane. In "Ward 3"-a microcosm of
repressive Soviet society-Gurevich deploys his brilliant wit and
ingenuity to bedevil his jailers, defend his fellow inmates,
protest his incarceration, and generally create mayhem, which
ultimately leads to a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.
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