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John Freedman is a writer and translator who, for decades, concentrated on Russian drama and theater, but has recently refocused his efforts to work from Ukraine and Belarus. He lived in Moscow for 30 years, 25 of which he spent as the theater critic of the English-language daily The Moscow Times. He worked as the English language specialist in the International Department of Moscow's Stanislavsky Electrotheatre from 2015-2022. His play "Dancing, Not Dead" won the Internationalists Global Playwriting Contest in 2011, and his 150 or more translations of Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian plays have been performed on every English-speaking continent. "A Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War: 20 Short Works by Ukrainian Playwrights," compiled ...more

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	A Dictionary of Emotions in a Time of War: 20 Short Works by Ukrainian Playwrights 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Plays by Olga Mukhina by John Freedman (Goodreads Author), Olga Mukhina 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silences Roar: The Life and Drama of Nikolai Erdman it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Meeting About Laughter 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moscow Performances: The New Russian Theater 1991-1996 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moscow Performances II: The 1996-1997 Season 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real and Phantom Pains: An Anthology of New Russian Drama 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[(Silence's Roar: The Life and Drama of Nikolai Erdman * * )] [Author: John Freedman] [Jan-2010] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Meeting About Laughter: Sketches, Interludes and Theatrical Parodies by Nikolai Erdman with Vladimir Mass and Others (Russian Theatre Archive) by John Freedman (Editor) â€º Visit Amazon's John Freedman Page search results for this author John Freedma... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[(A Meeting About Laughter: Sketches, Interludes and Theatrical Parodies by Nikolai Erdman with Vladimir Mass and Others)] [Author: Nikolai Erdman] published on (September, 1995) by John Freedman (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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"I Want a Country" by Andreas Flourakis is incredible stuff. Innovative, stimulating writing. Great writers (Italo Calvino) make you feel creative as you read them - Flourakis did that to me. 50 pages of undulating, unidentified dialogues - it could ...more
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