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Trotsky In Finland by LESTER POWELL
The play Is based, somewhat loosely, on an episode in the life of Leon Trotsky. In October 1905 he escaped from the Russian Secret Police and went to earth In an hotel deep in the woods of South East Finland. He assumed the pseudonym of E. M. Vikentiev , a landowner reputed to be worth 93-million roubles. The only other guests in the hotel were a Swedish playwright and his wife, an English actress.
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN. BBC Bristol (Repeated: Sun 2.30 pm) (Derek Jacobi is a member of the RSC)

Contributors

Unknown:
Lester Powell
Unknown:
Leon Trotsky.
Unknown:
E. M. Vikentiev
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughlin.
Unknown:
Derek Jacobi
Leon Trotsky:
Derek Jacobi
Aristide goncharov:
Neil Stacy
Arvtd:
Geoffrey Matthews
Stig Salversen:
Steve Hodson
Suzannah Salversen:
Karen Ford
Topelius:
Antnony Newlands
RiStO:
David Gooderson
Reader:
Jonathan Hewat

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