by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Translated by Nicholas Bethell and David Burg
A Play of the Month presentation
Starring David Leland as Nemov, Gabrielle Lloyd as Lyuba

Set in a Soviet labour camp in 1945, this play tells the story of Nemov, a trusting and naive army officer who has been sent to the camp from the front on charges of anti-Soviet agitation, and Lyuba, a girl prisoner who is driven to evade the struggle for survival by sleeping around with the camp officials and well-fixed prisoners.
The story of their love affair is set against the background of self-seeking squabbles and the fight for survival of other groups of internees.

The play was recorded in Norfolk.

Solzhenitsyn, the writer out In the cold: pages 66-71