Summerfolk, National Theatre review - Gorky's self-deluding intelligentsia under sharp comic scrutiny Heather Neill Wed, 03/18/2026 - 04:00 Nina and Moses Raine emphasise the script's timelessness Gorky's satire is set in the summer of 1904, between the opening of The Cherry Orchard and Chekhov's death that year, and the first Russian Revolution early in 1905. Summerf…