Author : Vsevolod Vi︠a︡cheslavovich Ivanov
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Book Synopsis Armoured Train 14-69 by : Vsevolod Vi︠a︡cheslavovich Ivanov
Download or read book Armoured Train 14-69 written by Vsevolod Vi︠a︡cheslavovich Ivanov and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1983 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In creating his adaptation, Ivanov transformed the passive protagonist of his novel into an active exponent of proletarian ideals; the play charts his journey from political indifference to Bolshevik heroism. Set in Eastern Siberia during the Civil War, it dramatises the capture of ammunition from a counter-revolutionary armoured train by a group of partisans led by a peasant farmer, Nikolai Vershinin. It is a four-act play in eight scenes that features almost 50 characters; crowd scenes form a prominent part of its episodic dramatic structure. Near the end of the play a Chinese revolutionary, Hsing Ping-wu, lies down on the railway tracks to force the armoured train to stop.