The world English language stage premiere. The More Sinned Against is one of the most enduring masterpieces of the Russian theatre repertoire. Ostrovsky was the director of the Maly Theatre in Moscow. Irina Brown directed the BBC radio version in 1997. The cast included Samantha Bond, Bill Nighy, Bill Patterson and Rhys Ivans. The play is a story of abandoned lovers and children, and of the cost of being brought up as a foster child.