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Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 15m
Bertolt Brecht, John Willett
A poetic examination of the morality of communism and the fall of capitalism in 20th century Russia, based on Maxim Gorsky’s novel by the same name.
Palagea Vlassova is drawn by her son Pavel into the revolutionary movement. Though hostile to it at first, she refuses to let him distribute leaflets, preferring to run the risk herself. She takes part in a peaceful demonstration, where Pavel is arrested; she learns to read, helps striking peasants, and works an illegal press. Pavel escapes from Siberia, but is caught and shot. Palagea is beaten for protesting against the 1914 war and finishes by carrying the red flag in a huge anti-war demonstration in the winter of 1916.
Pelagea Vlasova Pavel Vlasov Anton Andrei Ivan Mascha Policeman Commissioner Factory porter Smilgin Karpov Nikolai Vesovchikov Sigorski Prison Warden Lushin Butcher Vasil Yefimovitch Butcher's Wife Workers, neighbours, strikebreakers, women