When Maxudov`s novel fails, he attempt suicide. When that fails, he dramatizes his novel. To Maxudov`s surprise - and to the resentment of literary Moscow - the play is accepted by the legendary "Independent Theatre" and Maxudov plunges into a vortex of inflated egos. Each rehearsal sees more and more sparks flying higher and higher... and less and less chance of poor Maxudov`s play ever being performed. Black Snow is the ultimate back-stage novel and a brilliant satire by the author of The Master and Margarita on his ten-year love-hate relationship with Stanislavsky, "Method-acting" and the Moscow Arts Theatre.