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Gate Theatre (at the Lachmere), Notting Hill, London >>>

1982

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Dramatists Play Service, NY

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Aleksander Vampilov

Synopsis:
Constructed out of flashbacks, the play moves backward and forward in time as it probes into the plight of one Zilov, an engineer who has achieved a certain position in the Soviet bureaucracy, but has lost his will to live. He has come to detest his boring job and the petty superior he must defer to; his marriage is falling apart; he feels betrayed by his friends, he disdains the young student who offers him the passion and sense of wonder he once derived from his wife; and he seems concerned only with his annual hunting trip which, he hopes, will restore a purpose and identity to his life. But events continue to frustrate him: his wife aborts the child who might have saved their relationship; the new apartment they have wrested from the grudging bureaucracy seems more a tomb than a home; and ultimately, suicide appears to be Zilov's only alternative. But, in the end, emboldened by vodka and defying the persistent bad weather, Zilov does go huntingfor the will to live is stronger than the desire to give up, and hope remains, even in the gray sameness of an existence gone stale.

Man in Moon, London, EUR >>>

1996

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Contained in: "Two Plays by Aleksandr Vampilov" published by Bramcote Press

1994

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Aleksander Vampilov

Synopsis:
Zilov's is a life ruled by passion. Passion for women, for vodka and a passion for ducks. One day he might even kill one. This time he is prevented from leaving by a freak downpour. His friends, outraged by one drunken outburst too many, send him a wreath and his thoughts turn to the past: his life, his loves and the ducks he has missed.
- www.weaverhughesensemble.co.uk

T R Stratford E, London

1991

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Original Playwright - Aleksander Vampilov (As Shooting Ducks)

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Cottesloe Theatre (workshop production)

1979

National Theatre

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Soviet drama

Translation

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Aleksander Vampilov (play written 1971). The action takes place in an isolated Siberian community. The play was produced by the Cambridge Theatre Company, and toured nationally in 1983 and 1985.

Synopsis:
gentle satire on a small group of people in a remote village in Russia; it tells of 24 hours in the life surrounding a forest cafe, in which guns are produced, marriages proposed, children banished and. . .and everything stays much the same.
- Paul Allen, New Statesman

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Contained in: "Two Plays by Aleksandr Vampilov" published by Bramcote Press

1994

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Original Playwright - Aleksander Vampilov

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