Leaving
By: Václav Havel ; translated from the Czech by Paul Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, Paul R. 1941-
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9780571247097
Subjects: Havel, Václav -- Translations into English; Prime ministers -- Drama; Political plays; Domestic drama
Genres: Translations into English; Drama
Work titles: Odcházeni.
Description: "Chancellor Rieger is leaving office. But does leaving office necessarily mean that he, his mistress and his extended family have to leave the state villa, which has been their home for years? While his former secretary, and the former secretary to his former secretary, grapple with the mechanics of change and his family prepare to face an uncertain future, the chancellor himself considers his legacy amid visits from journalists, an infatuated student and his arch-rival and possible successor, Patrick Klein. With echoes of both King Lear and The Cherry Orchard, Vaclav Havel's Leaving addresses the themes of change, dispossession and the transfer of power from one generation to the next."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: "FF plays."