Produced by Bryan Ness, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [ Transcriber's Note: This e-book only contains the front matter of Tolstoy's Plays (Complete Edition). The individual plays have been posted as separate Project Gutenberg e-books; they are linked to from this book's HTML version. For reference, here is a list of their e-book numbers: 26661: The Power of Darkness 26662: The First Distiller 26663: Fruits of Culture 26664: The Live Corpse 26665: The Cause of it All 26666: The Light Shines in Darkness ] From LEO TOLSTOY concerning the translation of his works by LOUISE and AYLMER MAUDE:-- "Better translators, both for knowledge of the two languages and for penetration into the very meaning of the matter translated, could not be invented." [Illustration: Leo Tolstoy.] LEO TOLSTOY PLAYS Translated by LOUISE AND AYLMER MAUDE COMPLETE EDITION INCLUDING THE POSTHUMOUS PLAYS FOURTH IMPRESSION NEW YORK FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY 1919 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LEO TOLSTOY (Photogravure Portrait) Frontispiece MATRYONA GIVES ANISYA THE POWDERS Facing page 12 I'M NOT ASHAMED OF MY PARENT " " 51 HER BOX IS FULL AS IT IS " " 53 YOU TELL ME NOT TO FEAR MEN? " " 91 WELL, DEAR, AND WHAT PROGRESSION IS OUR BUSINESS MAKING? " " 174 THERE, YOU SEE! YOU ARE BEING MADE A FOOL OF " " 223 CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE ix Plays published during Tolstoy's life THE POWER OF DARKNESS (1886) 3 THE FIRST DISTILLER (1886) 97 FRUITS OF CULTURE (1889) 125 Posthumous Plays THE LIVE CORPSE 229 THE CAUSE OF IT ALL 303 THE LIGHT SHINES IN DARKNESS 321 PREFACE