SilentPhoenix's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=SilentPhoenix2004-02-24T09:47:12ZVariations on the Death of Trotsky (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/SilentPhoenix/writeups/Variations+on+the+Death+of+TrotskySilentPhoenixhttp://m.everything2.com/user/SilentPhoenix2004-02-24T09:47:12Z2004-02-24T09:47:12Z<em>Variations on the Death of Trotsky</em> is a one act comedy by <a href="/title/David+Ives">David Ives</a>, and is contained in the collection <a href="/title/All+in+the+Timing">All in the Timing</a>. The play depicts several variations of the death of <a href="/title/Leon+Trotsky">Leon Trotsky</a>. After <a href="/title/Trostky">Trostky</a> dies in each variation, a bell rings and the play continues with a new version. <br />
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Trotsky: "Sometime, for everyone, there's a room that you go into, and it's <a href="/title/the+room+that+you+never+leave">the room that you never leave</a>. Or else you go out of a room and it's <a href="/title/the+last+room+you%2527ll+%253Cem%253Eever%253C%252Fem%253E+leave">ever</em> leave" class='populated' >the last room you'll <em>ever</em> leave</a>. <a href="/title/This+is+my+last+room">This is my last room</a>. " <br />
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The play was first performed at the <a href="/title/Manhattan+Punch+Line+Theatre">Manhattan Punch Line Theatre</a> in <a href="/title/New+York+City">New York City</a> in January of 1991, with the following cast and crew:
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<a href="/title/Trotsky">Trotsky</a>: <a href="/title/Daniel+Hagen">Daniel Hagen</a><br />
<a href="/title/Mrs.+Trotsky">Mrs. Trotsky</a>: <a href="/title/Nora+Mae+Lyng">Nora Mae Lyng</a><br />
<a href="/title/Ramon+Mercader">Ramon Mercader</a>: <a href="/title/Steven+Rodriguez">Steven Rodriguez</a><br />
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<a href="/title/Director">Director</a>: <a href="/title/Jason+McConnell+Buzas">Jason McConnell Buzas</a><br />
<a href="/title/Set+Designer">Set Designer</a>: <a href="/title/Vaughn+Patterson">Vaughn Patterson</a><br />
<a href="/title/Costume+Designer">Costume Designer</a>: <a href="/title/Sharon+Lynch">Sharon Lynch</a><br />
<a href="/title/Lighting+Designer">Lighting Designer</a>: <a href="/title/Pat+Dignan">Pat Dignan</a><br />
<a href="/title/Stage+Manager">Stage Manager</a>: <a href="/title/Kathryn+Maloney">Kathryn Maloney</a><br />
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