 Event |
Breaking the Silence
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| Venue |
Centrepoint Theatre, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| First Date |
1987 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Set in Russia shortly after the Revolution, the play follows the material and spiritual adjustments the upper middle class Pesiakoff family has to make to their life when they are forced to live in a railway carriage for many years. Although ostensibly employed as Telephone Examiner, father spends his time and government money on trying to record sound on to film. With the death of Lenin, however, the research must be abandoned and the family is forced to flee. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Further Information |
(1987) Ward-Lealand won the Evening Standard Best Actress Award for this performance.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
187983 |
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