The Bathhouse

Bathhouse, The (Banya)

    Author: Vladimir Mayakovsky

    First Performance: 1930, Leningrad

    Published: 1930

    First English Translation: 1963

    Genre: Drama in 6 acts; Russian prose

    Setting: Soviet Russia, 1920s

    Cast: 16m, 3f, extras

A crazy inventor Chudakov has invented a time machine. He tries it out, causing a minor explosion, and receiving a letter from 1980, which announces the arrival of a figure from the future the following day. Chudakov and his friend go to a government office to announce the success of their invention. They push past petitioners with their petty complaints, only to be told that government plans will not at present accommodate their discovery, especially as this department is run by a bureaucrat Pobedonosikov, who is stupid, incompetent, and corrupt. The Director...

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