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Lee Pressman - Harpo Goes to Leningrad

04/05/2006

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Lee Pressman's play is based on the true story of Harpo Marx's 1933 tour of Russia.

4 Extra Debut. Misunderstood and enlisted as a spy, the true story of Harpo Marx's 1933 tour of Russia. Stars Garrick Hagon.

Lee Pressman's play is based on the true story of Harpo Marx's 1933 tour of Russia. Misunderstood as a comic, arrested as a terrorist and enlisted as a spy, Harpo finds himself alone in a strange country with only his burly female minder for company.

Harpo ...... Garrick Hagon
Woollcott ...... Philip Voss
Bullitt ...... William Hope
Malekinov ...... Sarah Badel
Captain/Vasiliev ...... Ian Masters
Director/Chico ...... Simon Treves
Groucho/Colonel ...... Keith Drinkel

Directed by Celia De Wolff.

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