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Friday, 19 September 2008 -
Saturday, 13 December 2008
Orange Tree Theatre, 1 Clarence Street, Richmond, TW9 2SA
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Czech dramatist Vaclav Havel's first play in 18 years, Odchazen premiered in Prague in May 2008 to standing ovations and rave reviews. Now, the play - translated by Paul Wilson - comes to London's Orange Tree Theatre.
Leaving tells of Chancellor Rieger's last days in office and his reluctance to leave his state villa. Amid political wranglings, an infatuated student, endless press visits, and a sprawling extended family, Riegler becomes something of a Lear-like figure: alienated, confused and dispossessed.
Given that Havel himself was the last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic (until 2003) one wonders how much of this might be autobiographical.
Leaving tells of Chancellor Rieger's last days in office and his reluctance to leave his state villa. Amid political wranglings, an infatuated student, endless press visits, and a sprawling extended family, Riegler becomes something of a Lear-like figure: alienated, confused and dispossessed.
Given that Havel himself was the last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic (until 2003) one wonders how much of this might be autobiographical.
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