Award-winning actress Maxine Peake performs the iconic role of Pelagea Vlassova, a woman whose radical action to protect her son from imprisonment transforms her into the figurehead for a revolutionary movement.
91Èȱ¬ Radio Drama North in collaboration with musicians from the 91Èȱ¬ Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by HK Gruber, present Mark Ravenhill’s version of Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother, a compelling drama with songs set in pre-revolutionary Russia with an original score by Hanns Eisler and recorded live with an audience at The University of Hull’s Middleton Hall and broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3.
The Mother by Bertolt Brecht with songs and music by Hanns Eisler
(Based on Gorky’s novel) in a version by Mark Ravenhill
(from a literal translation by Marc Funda)
With song lyrics by Steve Trafford.
Award-winning actress Maxine Peake performs the iconic role of Pelagea Vlassova, a woman whose radical action to protect her son from imprisonment transforms her into the figurehead for a revolutionary movement.
91Èȱ¬ Radio Drama North in collaboration with musicians from the 91Èȱ¬ Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by HK Gruber, present Mark Ravenhill’s version of Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother, a compelling drama with songs set in pre-revolutionary Russia with an original score by Hanns Eisler and recorded live with an audience at The University of Hull’s Middleton Hall and broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3.
The Mother by Bertolt Brecht with songs and music by Hanns Eisler
(Based on Gorky’s novel) in a version by Mark Ravenhill
(from a literal translation by Marc Funda)
With song lyrics by Steve Trafford.