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Yevgeny Zamyatin - We: Episode 1: 1. Rationality

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Episode 1: 1. Rationality

1. Rationality

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Engineer D-503 questions his life in One State, a post-revolutionary future.

Engineer D-503 questions his life in One State, a post-revolutionary future ruled by absolute rationality. Stars Anton Lesser.

In a post-revolutionary future, OneState is ruled according to the principles of rationality. The penalty for dissent is death. 

D-503, the chief engineer of the state, meets the beautiful 1-330. Her initial intentions seem innocent, but soon D starts to question her identity and indeed his own. 

Starring Anton Lesser, Don Warrington and Brigit Forsyth.  

The first great dystopian novel of the 20th century, written in secret in early Soviet Russia by Yevgeni Zamyatin. 

D-503 …. Anton Lesser 
R-13 …. Don Warrington
U …. Brigit Forsyth
1-330 …. Joanna Riding
0-90 …. Julia Rounthwaite 
Benefactor …. Russell Dixon
Tannoy …. Emma Clarke
Babushka …. Judith Davis
S …. Patrick Bridgman
2nd Engineer …. Paul Viragh

Dramatised in two-parts by Sean O'Brien.

Director: Jim Poyser

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.

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