The Investigation Is Looking into It

This book immerses the reader in a detailed chronicle of the famous “theater case,” a landmark event in Russian legal history. The author, Alexey Malobrodsky — former director of the “Gogol Center” — offers a perspective grounded in documentary precision and an analytical approach, revealing not only the legal intricacies of the trial, but also life behind the scenes of the theater. A deeply personal narrative, charged with emotional intensity, collides with the unyielding facts of the official investigation. The book will captivate anyone interested in jurisprudence as well as theatergoers concerned with the fate of figures in the cultural sphere.