The Irish play "Molly Sweeney" by B. Friel on the Petersburg stage.
The article deals with the relevant problem in the modern theatre scholarship - interaction of Russian and Irish theatre cultures by the example of the production of Brian Friel's play on the stage of Saint-Petersburg Maly Drama Theatre. The article reveals the special character of B. Friel's works, the story and the problem of the play «Molly Sweeney» and gives detailed research of different aspects of L. Dodin's production in the MDT.