Tlugubrious e of Russian writer Nikolai Leskov Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District was first published in Dostoevsky’s book Era magazine in 1865, and inspired various adaptations ranging from a 1934 Russian opera by Shostakovich to the 1962 film by Polish director Andrzej Wajda Siberian Lady Macbeth. This latest incarnation transfers the twisted passions of the […]
