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A young, unemployed man, Semyon, believes the answer to his problems is to learn to play the tuba. However, his plan fails and he contemplates suicide. Because he is committing suicide he is able to write anything in his suicide letter without fear of reprisal from the government. His neighbour:
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Petrovich, decides to make money from Semyon's misery by selling space in his intended suicide note to several bidders. These bidders plan to use Semyon's suicide note to the further and advertise their own individual causes. The
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Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford, on 13 June 1979. The production was directed by Ron Daniels, and the lead role of Semyon Semyonovitch was played by
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in 2015, which used the historic 1930 dress rehearsal of the play in front of the censorship board of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party as a framing device, adapted and directed by
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Suhayla El-Bushra adapted the play for the modern day, bringing it into an urban
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