←Recommendations of A Gulag Mouse

  • David MacDowell Blue: A Gulag Mouse by Arthur M Jolly
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    Saw this play in Los Angeles before the Pandemic, one of the most powerful works I've ever seen, not least because it transported me to a world both alien yet completely understandable in presentation. Set for the most part inside a Soviet women's Gulag, this work continues to haunt me years later.

    Saw this play in Los Angeles before the Pandemic, one of the most powerful works I've ever seen, not least because it transported me to a world both alien yet completely understandable in presentation. Set for the most part inside a Soviet women's Gulag, this work continues to haunt me years later.

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  • David MacDowell Blue: A Gulag Mouse by Arthur M Jolly
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    I found this play chilling on so many levels, a portrait of those pushed to the absolute limit and what happens when they break.

    I found this play chilling on so many levels, a portrait of those pushed to the absolute limit and what happens when they break.

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  • Philip Middleton Williams: A Gulag Mouse by Arthur M Jolly
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    This is a chilling and compelling play with strong characters who leap out at you from the page and take you into their world of power struggles, even if the reward is a crust of moldy bread. In this powerful drama of the horrors of Soviet imprisonment, we see glimmers of humanity that these women cling to as much as they cling to life itself. This is a masterpiece of storytelling from a playwright with a well-earned reputation for just the right blend of humor and brutal honesty in the same breath.

    This is a chilling and compelling play with strong characters who leap out at you from the page and take you into their world of power struggles, even if the reward is a crust of moldy bread. In this powerful drama of the horrors of Soviet imprisonment, we see glimmers of humanity that these women cling to as much as they cling to life itself. This is a masterpiece of storytelling from a playwright with a well-earned reputation for just the right blend of humor and brutal honesty in the same breath.

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  • Tamar Shai Bolkvadze: A Gulag Mouse by Arthur M Jolly
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    One of the most hauntingly beautiful plays I've read. The five female characters are all richly written. I still think about the characters in this play.

    One of the most hauntingly beautiful plays I've read. The five female characters are all richly written. I still think about the characters in this play.

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  • Daniel Guyton: A Gulag Mouse by Arthur M Jolly
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    "A Gulag Mouse" is a powerful read - heartbreaking and awe-inspiring. If you need a two-act play with a strong female cast (5 women), and aren't afraid of Russian accents, this is the play for you. A young woman murders her husband in self-defense. Because this is post-WWII Russia, and her husband is a renowned war hero, she gets little sympathy from the courts. She's sentenced to 10 years in a Russian gulag, where she meets four other women - all with distinct and fascinating personalities. The play is at once hopeful, tragic, threatening, scary, and even funny in parts.

    "A Gulag Mouse" is a powerful read - heartbreaking and awe-inspiring. If you need a two-act play with a strong female cast (5 women), and aren't afraid of Russian accents, this is the play for you. A young woman murders her husband in self-defense. Because this is post-WWII Russia, and her husband is a renowned war hero, she gets little sympathy from the courts. She's sentenced to 10 years in a Russian gulag, where she meets four other women - all with distinct and fascinating personalities. The play is at once hopeful, tragic, threatening, scary, and even funny in parts.

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