The Crimson Island

Interesting Facts

• The play is a satire on Soviet reality and bureaucracy, mocking the absurdity and ridiculousness of certain aspects of Soviet life.
• The work employs the device of 'theater within a theater,' where the action revolves around the staging of a play within the play itself.
• The main character, a director, faces numerous challenges and absurd situations while staging the play, reflecting the real problems faced by creative people in the USSR.
• The play was written in 1927 but was not staged for a long time due to censorship and the political situation in the country.
• The work is filled with allusions and hidden references to real people and events, making it particularly interesting for historians and literary scholars.