What was the title of Leo Tolstoy’s 1889 drama about a wealthy family’s estate?

Leo Tolstoy’s 1889 drama about a wealthy family’s estate is The Fruits of Enlightenment.

The play is a comedy satirizing aristocratic society, fashionable spiritualism, and the distance between wealthy landowners and peasants. Its Russian title, Plody prosveshcheniya, is also translated as The Fruits of Enlightenment or The Fruits of Culture.

The action centers on a noble household where séances and social entertainment distract the residents from practical moral responsibilities. Tolstoy uses the comic situation to expose class privilege and the exploitation of rural people.

Readers sometimes confuse this play with The Power of Darkness, another Tolstoy drama. The Power of Darkness is a darker peasant tragedy, while The Fruits of Enlightenment is chiefly a social comedy. The work became popular in amateur and professional theatre.