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Remembrance Day
Aleksey Scherbak
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Description for Remembrance Day
Paperback. New translation of politically charged play. A play from Aleksey Scherbak. Remembrance Day takes an look at the fight for the political soul of Latvia. Translator(s): Mullarkey, Rory. Num Pages: 78 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 110.
Can you be a hero if you fought for Nazi Germany? The Latvians who fought for the Third Reich and halted the Red Army parade as heroes every year through the streets of Riga. As a growing number of young Russians campaign to halt the 'fascist' march, their Latvian counterparts join the veterans in commemoration. When teenager Anya becomes a political activist, her father's attempts to calm the situation stir up a storm of extremist patriotism. Remembrance Day takes an look at the fight for the political soul of Latvia.
Can you be a hero if you fought for Nazi Germany? The Latvians who fought for the Third Reich and halted the Red Army parade as heroes every year through the streets of Riga. As a growing number of young Russians campaign to halt the 'fascist' march, their Latvian counterparts join the veterans in commemoration. When teenager Anya becomes a political activist, her father's attempts to calm the situation stir up a storm of extremist patriotism. Remembrance Day takes an look at the fight for the political soul of Latvia.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
78
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
78
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849431057
SKU
V9781849431057
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Ref
99-5
About Aleksey Scherbak
Aleksey Sherbak lives in Latvia and is the author of 11 plays which have been performed in Belarus, Latvia, Russia and Sweden. He developed Remembrance Day as part of the Royal Court's Moscow workshops in 2008-2009.
Reviews for Remembrance Day
A little masterpiece of power, wit and heart - powerfully expresses the absurdity of enmity, between neighbours. Pure, brilliant theatre.
Libby Purves, The Times
Extraordinarily powerful - I kept thinking how deeply both Mikhail Bulgakov and Sean O'Casey would have appreciated its human and artistic qualities - Unreservedly recommended.
Paul Taylor, The Independent
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Libby Purves, The Times
Extraordinarily powerful - I kept thinking how deeply both Mikhail Bulgakov and Sean O'Casey would have appreciated its human and artistic qualities - Unreservedly recommended.
Paul Taylor, The Independent
This is an ... Read more