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Audience

by Vaclav Havel · 1978

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Forming part of the Vanek Plays trilogy, Audience is a cleverly-constructed satire on power and those who wield it. Vanek is summoned to a meeting with the Head Maltster and offered promotion, but only if he informs on himself!

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
theatretheatreMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisMexicoMexicoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 34 pages
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