Trotsky in Exile [antikvár]

The basic scene is a room that could be anywhere, with a writing-desk covered with papers and books, a camp bed, trunks and packing-cases and a few widely spaced chairs. trotsky is seated at the writing-desk reading a manuscript, pen in hand. This picture is repeated at various points during the play. It corresponds to the final moments of the play. Various stages of Trotsky's life are depicted against this unchanging scene: periods of exile, meetings and disputes with key figures in the revolution. The beginning is explained by the end, which shows Trotsky, in retirement and isolation, just before his death. The actors' entrances are swift and sudden. 1. THE BANISHMENT trotsky looks up from; his papers. Enter natalia, lev sedov, sergey sedov, zinaida volkov, sermuks, poznansky, smirnov, mrachkovsky, rakovsky. rakovsky I was at the Kazan railway station. Huge crowds. Mostly young people. Demonstrations. Cries of 'Long live Trotsky!' A huge picture of you on the engine. Clashes with the soldiers. Some injured. Some arrests. I hear you're not to be taken there, but to the Yaroslav station. Bukharin's in charge. trotsky Are the doors locked, Rakovsky? rakovsky And bolted. They're already outside. 13