The cry for justice : an anthology of the literature of social protest -- . stirredup its furnace. By Leonid Andreyev (Russian novelist and dramatist of social protest; bom 1871.In this grim symbolical drama is voiced the despair of Russiasintellectuals after the tragic failure of the Revolution. In thefirst scene King Hunger is shown inciting the starving factory-slaves to revolt; in the second, he presides over a gathering of theoutcasts of society, who meet in a cellar to discuss projects offerocious vengeance upon the idlers in the baU-room over theirheads, but break up in a dnmken brawl i
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The cry for justice : an anthology of the literature of social protest -- . stirredup its furnace. By Leonid Andreyev (Russian novelist and dramatist of social protest; bom 1871.In this grim symbolical drama is voiced the despair of Russiasintellectuals after the tragic failure of the Revolution. In thefirst scene King Hunger is shown inciting the starving factory-slaves to revolt; in the second, he presides over a gathering of theoutcasts of society, who meet in a cellar to discuss projects offerocious vengeance upon the idlers in the baU-room over theirheads, but break up in a dnmken brawl instead. In the presentscene, King Hunger turns traitor to his Aactims, and presides asa judge passing sentence upon them. The leisure chss attend asspectators in the court-room, the women in evening gowns andjewels, the men in dress coats and surtouts, carefully shaven anddressed at the wig-makers) KING HUNGER:—Show in the first starveling.{The first starveling, a ragged old man ^oith lacer-ated feet, is conducted into the court-room. A wire nvuz-zU encases his face.). THE HAND OF FATE WILLIAM BALFOUR KKR {Contemporary Arncricon illustrator)Copyright by J. A. Mitchell,