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The bureaucratic nightmare of Soviet housing and one family's attempt to "exchange" its tiny Moscow apartment for a larger one. Translated and adapted by playwright Michael Frayn from the novella by the respected Russian writer Yuri Trifonov.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Ian Abercrombie as Viktor's Father Rosalind Ayres as Lena Sharon Bamber as Aunt Ahenya Joyce Blair as Viktor's Mother Barbara Bosson as Lora Peter A. Jacobs as Kalugin/Felix Martin Jarvis as Viktor Zosukuma Kunene as Alik Anna Sophie Loewenberg as Natashka Vonetta McGee as Tanya Marian Mercer as Lena's Mother Robin Goodrin Nordli as Factory Director/Funeral Orator William Palmieri as Snitkin/Others John Randolph as Viktor's Grandfather Melissa Smigley as Marina/Girl Next Door Malachi Throne as Lena's Father

Directed by Robert Robinson. Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica in April of 1992.

© 2012 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781580818575

Translators: Michael Frayn

Release date

Audiobook: 15 February 2012