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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Realism
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'In the summer of 1939 in a small Moscow theatre a company of actors begins rehearsals of a new play to commemorate Stalin's sixtieth birthday. It's a tough gig, because for Soviet artists working towards the Radiant Future the old showbiz maxim "the show must go on" is an order you can't refuse.

'Another opening, another show trial! Realism is a comedy of nerves, a backstage farce set in a pressure cooker. It's about the spirit that makes art live and the forces that want to crush it.' (Publisher's blurb)

Production Details

  • First produced in a rehearsed reading at the Fairfax Studio, Melbourne Victoria, 31 August 2008. Directed by Peter Evans.

    Produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the MTC Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, 4 April 2009. Directed by Peter Evans.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2007
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2009 .
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      Extent: xi, 94p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes an Introduction by the playwright.
      ISBN: 9780868198521 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

A Chinese Lear on a Quivering Rock Michael Connor , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 53 no. 6 2009; (p. 78-80)
— Review of Realism Paul Galloway , 2007 single work drama
Amid the Atrocities, Art Worth Living For Robin Usher , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 6 April 2009; (p. 13)
A Chinese Lear on a Quivering Rock Michael Connor , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 53 no. 6 2009; (p. 78-80)
— Review of Realism Paul Galloway , 2007 single work drama
Amid the Atrocities, Art Worth Living For Robin Usher , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 6 April 2009; (p. 13)
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  • Moscow,
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    Russia,
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    Former Soviet Union,
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    Eastern Europe, Europe,
  • 1939
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