“Mr. Curran, in his overdue Covent Garden debut, ensures that the modern accouterments are tellingly used to work hand-in-hand with a taut staging of the core drama.”

George Loomis, New York Times, April 2011

“A Russian rarity proves to be a real treasure in a production set amid the trappings of new money.”

…[a] compelling study of power and powerlessness in Curran's staging.

…this is a riveting performance of a violent, delirious melodrama.”

Anna Picard, The Independent, April 2011

ROH COVENT GARDEN

DESIGNER KEVIN KNIGHT

LIGHTING DESIGNER DAVID JACQUES

CAST: POPLAVSKAYA, REUTER, POPOV, GUBANOVA, BURCHALADZE, ELDER

PHOTOS BY BILL COOPER