The Fruits of Enlightenment

The Fruits of Enlightenment
Konstantin Stanislavski as Zvezdintsev in The Moscow Society of Art and Literature's production in 1891.
Written byLeo Tolstoy
Date premiered30 December 1889 (1889-12-30)
Original languageRussian
GenreRealism

The Fruits of Enlightenment, a.k.a. Fruits of Culture, (1889–90, pub. 1891) is a play by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy satirizing the persistence of unenlightened attitudes towards the peasants amongst the Russian landed aristocracy.[1] In 1891, Konstantin Stanislavski achieved success directing the play for his Society of Art and Literature, the first of several increasingly sophisticated Moscow performances.[2]

  1. ^ Banham (1998, 1116).
  2. ^ Magarshack (1950, 78–79).