The Stalin Sonata is a radio play by David Zane Mairowitz. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 01 August 1989, and won a Giles Cooper Award that same year. The length is 70 minutes^[1].

PlotEdit

Dark comedy about the dilemma of a Russian broadcaster after Stalin requests a record by a pianist long since forgotten in a prison.

CastEdit

• Maria Lvovna Dzerzinskaya - Barbara Jefford
• Semyon Pavlovitch - Clive Merrison
• Mikhail Karlovitch - Philip Voss
• Pavel Ilyitch - Ian Targett
• Sophia Ivanovna - Jane Leonard
• State Prosecutor - Donald Gee
• Jailer - Brian Miller
• Pianist - Mary Nash

Directed by Richard Wortley

Critical ReceptionEdit

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Best Radio Plays of 1989 Methuen/BBC 1990