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ALEKSEY SCHERBAK |
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Aleksey Scherbak 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 Royal Courts Moscow workshops in 2008 2009.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Aleksey Scherbak
Colonel Pilate | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga (Tennessee, USA) | Nov 2014 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Asymptote http://asymptotejournal.com/ (April 2013 (selected scenes)) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #138618 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Aleksey Scherbak. This translation was commissioned by the Lark Play Development Center, New York, NY, where it received a workshop and staged reading as part of the hotINK Festival of new international plays in 2012. | |||||
Synopsis: | From one of europe's most exciting new playwrights, aleksey Scherbak, comes this poignant morality tale for our times. "Colonel Pilate" tells the story of a single individual's attempt to follow his conscience while working in a system that seems to have an intractable will of its own. after interrogating a young man called "ali" who has been linked to numerous bombings, the Colonel becomes convinced of the detainee's innocence and releases him. His subordinates, flabbergasted, take matters into their own hands, refusing to let ali go. What ensues is a struggle between the individual and the enormous organism that he has come to depend on for everything from a sense of purpose to his daily bread. a band of three soldiers tries to comprehend these events as they unfold - and to keep the resulting tension from driving them apart. Resonating with biblical undertones, the play shifts deftly between the perspectives of the enlisted men, the career officers, local citizens, a nurse nicknamed "Josephina," and a beautiful "loyal" reporter. Set in a distant land, where an occupying power has outlasted its welcome, "Colonel Pilate" releases questions that are lurking just beneath the surface of our lives, demanding to be addressed. | |||||
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Remembrance Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | Royal Court Theatre, Theatre Upstairs, Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS >>> | 18 Mar 2011 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1849431057 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #122215 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Aleksey Scherbak | |||||
| 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 fathers attempts to calm the situation stirs up a storm of extremist patriotism. | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Volume XXXI Issue 06 Page 310 | |||||
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