New York: The Viking Press, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - Gorky's masterpiece, originally written in 1901 and performed the following year in Moscow (after being significantly censored) to enough acclaim that it was banned in Russia. This translation by Kitty Hunter-Blair and Jeremy Brooks is from 1972 for the RSC.. Includes a chronology of Gorky's life, introduction by Edward Braun, preface by Jeremy Brooks, a list of the original Royal Shakespeare Company cast in 1972, and the lyrics and notation of song sung in play. xviii, 90 pp. ISBN: 0-670443549.