Overview
Hallway-dwelling Semyon is unemployed and disheartened with life. On the night of the deed, a party grows towards a glorious climax. Moira Buffini has freely adapted Nikolai Erdman's The Suicide, which was banned by Stalin before a single performance, to create Dying For It.
Hallway-dwelling Semyon is unemployed and disheartened with life. When his last hope at turning his life around disappears he decides to commit suicide, only to find that a number of people would like him to die on their behalf. On the night of the deed, a party grows towards a glorious climax.
Moira Buffini has freely adapted Nikolai Erdman''s The Suicide, which was banned by Stalin before a single performance, to create Dying For It.
Dying For It premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in March 2007.
- | Author: Moira Buffini
- | Publisher: Faber & Faber
- | Publication Date: Mar 15, 2007
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780571237449
- | ISBN-10: 0571237444
