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Silent Planet archiveAt the height of the Cold War, dissident writer Gavriil is detained in a Soviet mental prison as a punishment for protesting against the government. His only escape is the prison library, a treasure store of banned literature available to the patients, but off-limits to the prison staff. His interrogator, Yurchak, offers to protect him from torture in exchange for sharing the forbidden stories. Their agreement will help them both find a kind of freedom, at the risk of their lives. Inspired by an incident in the life of writer, activist and neurophysiologist Vladimir Bukovsky, Silent Planet is a love story about our love of stories, a passionate and poetic fable about the power of literature in a world in which the wrong words can get you killed.

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Author: Eve Leigh

Archive listings for Silent Planet

Work type: Play.

T01596904987

World Premiere. Performance Length: Approximately 70 minutes with no interval.Presented byUpstart (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre). Director Tom Mansfield. Performer Graeme McKnight (Gavriil). Performer Matthew Thomas (Yurchak). Performer Kevin Hand (Doctor). Performer Aaron Vodovoz (Guard).
25 Nov 14 to 20 Dec 14Finborough, Inner London :: V199
listing details L0295876961
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