Much of the play's action revolves around the reassuring lies told by the mysterious tramp Luka, who has just started living in the dank cellar with the others.  
As this play opens, Nastya is reading a novel entitled Fatal Love, but her pimp the Baron soon uses it to beat her over the head.  The Actor commits suicide when his dreams of a cure for his alcoholism are shattered, while the young thief Vaska is forced to flee after accidentally killing the landlord Kostilyoff.  Much of the play's action revolves around the reassuring lies told by the mysterious tramp Luka, who has just started living in the dank cellar with the others.  FTP, what is this play by Maxim Gorky?
As this play opens, Nastya is reading a novel entitled Fatal Love, but her pimp the Baron soon uses it to beat her over the head.  
The Lower Depths or Na dne