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Saturday Drama: Beast at Bay

Beast at Bay

08/12/2007

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama, Beast at Bay

Robin Glendinning's play recalls the publication of Boris Pasternak's classic Dr Zhivago.

Beast at Bay: Robin Glendinning's play tells the story of the publication of Boris Pasternak's classic 20th-century novel Dr Zhivago.

Beast at Bay

Robin Glendinning's play tells the story of the publication of Boris Pasternak's classic 20th-century novel Dr Zhivago. Censored by the Soviet regime, the book was first published in Italy 50 years ago after the manuscript was smuggled out of the country. The book's appearance caused furore in the Soviet Union and a debacle followed when Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Directed by Tim Dee.

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