The book “Waiting for the Heart,” which is the tenth volume of the collected works of the famous Russian writer Yuri Polyakov, includes ten of his plays, which have been successfully performed on many Russian and foreign stages for a quarter of a century. Written for the theater, these dramas and comedies are nevertheless lively and exciting to read from the page, which is very rare for this genre. Among the directors who gave stage life to these plays are Stanislav Govorukhin, Tatyana Doronina, Alexander Shirvindt, Boris Morozov and others. The collection also includes a sparkling essay “Dramas of a Prose Writer”, which tells about the sad and joyful vicissitudes of the life of a dramatic writer. Collected works of Yuri Polyakov in 12 volumes