A scene from Act Three of <i>A Month in the Country</i> by Ivan Turgenev. Islayev (left, played by Nikolai Massalitinov) and his mother, Anna Semenovna (played by Maria Samarova) surprise his wife, Natalya (centre, played by Olga Knipper), and her would-be lover and friend of the family, Rakitin (played by Konstantin Stanislavski).<br>NATALYA: Help me, I'm lost with out you.<br>[Entrance of ISLAYEV and ANNA SEMENOVNA]<br>ISLAYEV: That was always my opinion... What does this mean? What <i>is</i> all this?<br>RAKITIN: Oh... nothing... nothing at all... there's... <br>Moscow Art Theatre production, 1909
Published by Brentano's, NY, 1922
The Russian Theatre by Sayler