At the end of this play, "the actor" is discovered to have hanged himself after abandoning his hope of going to a clinic to treat his alcoholism.
A brawl breaks out in this play when a thief sees a woman pouring boiling water on the feet of her sister. A Baron beats another character over her head with a romance novel titled Fatal Love in this play's first act, while a locksmith who continually tinkers with an old lock that cannot be fixed is forced to sell his anvil to pay for the funeral of his wife Anna. In this play's second ac,t a rowdy card game of partidame between Bubnoff and Hassan the Tartar erupts when the cardsharp Satine is accused of cheating. Before he can elope with Natasha, Vaska Pepel is thrown in jail with Vassilisa after he accidentally kills the landlord Kostilioff. At the end of this play, "the actor" is discovered to have hanged himself after abandoning his hope of going to a clinic to treat his alcoholism. The compassionate traveler Luka tries to comfort the inhabitants of the title location by lying to them. For 10 points, name this play titled for a depressing subterranean flophouse by Maxim Gorky.
A brawl breaks out in this play when a thief sees a woman pouring boiling water on the feet of her sister.
The Lower Depths [or Na Dne]