A month in the countryside
A month in the countryside
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Discover A Month in the Country, a play full of emotions and secrets, for an unforgettable theatrical getaway.<p> It's summer in a country house near Moscow. An aristocratic family has settled there to spend the warmer months. A small circle revolves around Natalia Petrovna, a young wife approaching thirty. There's her husband Arkady, her mother-in-law Anna, her lover Rakitine, the orphan Vera she cares for, and a doctor with a penchant for intrigue.</p><p> The growing boredom is disrupted by the arrival of Alexei Beliaev, a tutor hired to give Vera Russian lessons. His youth, charm, and candor move his student and unsettle Natalia. Between card games and walks in the garden, under the sweltering heat, feelings surface, are revealed, and overturn the seemingly established order.</p>
