State of Revolution
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State of Revolution is a two act play by Robert Bolt, written in 1977. It deals with the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Civil War, the rise to power of Vladimir Lenin, and the struggles of his chief l
Original National Theatre poster
Anatoly Lunacharsky
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Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Soviet People's Commissar of Education, as well as an active playwright, critic, essayist, and journalist throughout h
State of Revolution
…Act I The play is framed by an address being given by Anatoly Lunacharsky to a group of Young Communists at an unspecified date in the future, on the anniversary of Lenin's death. Lunacharsky gives a speech which solidly toes…
Lunacharsky in 1899
Lunacharsky c. 1923
Lunacharsky, People's Commissar for Education, at the 13th All-Russian Congress of Soviets, April 1927
Lunacharsky alongside Vladimir Mayakovsky in 1924