by PAVEL KOHOOT
Translated and adapted by PETER TEGEL with
PAVEL KOHOUT is the Czech dissident playwright who at present is living in enforced exile in Austria. This play is a companion piece to Vaclav Havel 's Protest which was broadcast yesterday. Ferdinand Vanek ,theplaywright hero of Protest, goes to get a licence for his dog. He finds out that he is out of favour with the authorities. Such a simple formality may turn out to be quite complicated - unless some kind of compromise can be reached. Directed by ANTON GILL