Letters to Lenin - The Official Stage Play Script (Paperback)
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Olivia’s breakthrough work - this stage play became Olivia’s first introduction to self-publishing, audio and stage direction. Letters to Lenin was inspired by not only Manchester’s rich political and working history but the history of Olivia’s own family. The story took over two years to research and write and debuted at The Great Northern Creative Festival UCLAN in 2018, winning the award for best new stage play. The story has since gone on to feature as an audio drama on over forty different audio streaming platforms, including Audible, and is available internationally in four countries.
Blurb
“A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre; Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French radicals and German police spies."
Karl Marx, 'The Communist Manifesto' (1848)
During the midst of an anti-monarchist uprising, the attempted assassination of Czar Alexander the Third by the Bolshevik group Narodnaya Volya, has gone horribly wrong, sending young bomb maker Nikolai Patrenko, underground. With the threat of execution looming, Nikolai is put on an immigrant ship to England by rebellion leader Aleksandr Ulyanov and given work in a small Salford colliery. Nikolai awaits a letter from Aleksandr's brother Vladimir Ulyanov, a safe source, in hopes of returning home. A cave-in caused by cheap scaffolding kills Nikolai's workmate and leaves his family financially destitute. Nikolai and his fellow workers embark on a mission to win compensation for their dead comrade. With the help of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 'Communist Manifesto', the men became the first recognised communists in Britain. However, when their call to arms is heard nationwide, Nikolai risks exposing himself to bounty hunters looking to hang him for treason. Can he help his newfound brothers and protect the woman he loves without his rebel past catching up to him?
Info
Olivia’s breakthrough work - this stage play became Olivia’s first introduction to self-publishing, audio and stage direction. Letters to Lenin was inspired by not only Manchester’s rich political and working history but the history of Olivia’s own family. The story took over two years to research and write and debuted at The Great Northern Creative Festival UCLAN in 2018, winning the award for best new stage play. The story has since gone on to feature as an audio drama on over forty different audio streaming platforms, including Audible, and is available internationally in four countries.
Blurb
“A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre; Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French radicals and German police spies."
Karl Marx, 'The Communist Manifesto' (1848)
During the midst of an anti-monarchist uprising, the attempted assassination of Czar Alexander the Third by the Bolshevik group Narodnaya Volya, has gone horribly wrong, sending young bomb maker Nikolai Patrenko, underground. With the threat of execution looming, Nikolai is put on an immigrant ship to England by rebellion leader Aleksandr Ulyanov and given work in a small Salford colliery. Nikolai awaits a letter from Aleksandr's brother Vladimir Ulyanov, a safe source, in hopes of returning home. A cave-in caused by cheap scaffolding kills Nikolai's workmate and leaves his family financially destitute. Nikolai and his fellow workers embark on a mission to win compensation for their dead comrade. With the help of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 'Communist Manifesto', the men became the first recognised communists in Britain. However, when their call to arms is heard nationwide, Nikolai risks exposing himself to bounty hunters looking to hang him for treason. Can he help his newfound brothers and protect the woman he loves without his rebel past catching up to him?
Info
Olivia’s breakthrough work - this stage play became Olivia’s first introduction to self-publishing, audio and stage direction. Letters to Lenin was inspired by not only Manchester’s rich political and working history but the history of Olivia’s own family. The story took over two years to research and write and debuted at The Great Northern Creative Festival UCLAN in 2018, winning the award for best new stage play. The story has since gone on to feature as an audio drama on over forty different audio streaming platforms, including Audible, and is available internationally in four countries.
Blurb
“A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre; Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French radicals and German police spies."
Karl Marx, 'The Communist Manifesto' (1848)
During the midst of an anti-monarchist uprising, the attempted assassination of Czar Alexander the Third by the Bolshevik group Narodnaya Volya, has gone horribly wrong, sending young bomb maker Nikolai Patrenko, underground. With the threat of execution looming, Nikolai is put on an immigrant ship to England by rebellion leader Aleksandr Ulyanov and given work in a small Salford colliery. Nikolai awaits a letter from Aleksandr's brother Vladimir Ulyanov, a safe source, in hopes of returning home. A cave-in caused by cheap scaffolding kills Nikolai's workmate and leaves his family financially destitute. Nikolai and his fellow workers embark on a mission to win compensation for their dead comrade. With the help of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 'Communist Manifesto', the men became the first recognised communists in Britain. However, when their call to arms is heard nationwide, Nikolai risks exposing himself to bounty hunters looking to hang him for treason. Can he help his newfound brothers and protect the woman he loves without his rebel past catching up to him?
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Dimensions: 15.24 x 0.99 x 22.86 cm
Page Count: 170
Acts: 3
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Reviews
★★★★★
Winner of Best New Stage Play at the 'Great Northern Creative Festival'
★★★★★
" A Compelling and Rich Idea"
Manchester ADP
★★★★★
“Absolutely Amazing!"
Mike Sweeney BBC Manchester Radio
★★★★★
“ Excellent!” -
John (Gilly) Gillmore BBC Lancashire Radio