Breaking the Silence

by Stephen Poliakoff, playwright

$275 · Offered by Royal Books

N.p. N.p., Circa 1985. Draft script for the 1984 play, which premiered at The Pit on May 28th, performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. With a small manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper, and a single copied annotation to page 2.II.14A.Loosely based on the life of playwright Stephen Poliakoff's grandfather in post-revolutionary Russia, who harbored a dream of becoming the first cinematographer to synchronize sound with moving pictures.

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