WHY?: The Trap of the Great Utopia

September 17, 2019

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The Trap of the Great Utopia by Dr. Anatoly Smeliansky on Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold. Created and Commissioned for the U.S. premiere of Why?, written and directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne.

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