Mandelshtam (2015)
Produced by
Amphitheatre
Presented by
The Toronto Fringe Festival
Playwright: Rafi Aaron
Director: Jennifer H. Capraru
Venue
The Anshei Minsk Synagogue
Run
July 1st, 2015 – July 12th, 2015
Synopsis
The play examines Stalin’s persecution of Osip Mandelshtam, one of the foremost Russian poets of the twentieth century. Mandelshtam did the unthinkable: he created a poem attacking Stalin. The story focuses on Mandelshtam’s relationship with his wife, Nadia, as their situation deteriorates into deeper adversity until the poet is finally arrested. (fringetoronto.com)
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