The Lady of Burma
by Richard Shannon

The Lady of Burma Book Cover
The Lady of Burma Cover

Synopsis

In her cell in Rangoon's Insein prison, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi – incarcerated by Burma's military dictatorship for almost 20 years – tells her story.

Richard Shannon's powerful and moving one-woman play vividly portrays the life and message of the world's most famous prisoner of conscience.

Aung San Suu Kyi was held under house arrest from 1989-1995, and again from 2000-2002.

She was again arrested in May 2003 after the Depayin massacre.

At the time of writing she was still being held under house arrest in Rangoon.

Aung San Suu Kyi's message is a simple one – that only by "fighting fear can you truly be free" – a message Burma's military fears and aims to silence.

The Lady of Burma is a Red Fighting Peacock Production presented by the Burma Campaign UK and Louise Chantal.

The Burma Campaign UK is part of a global movement to promote democracy and human rights in Burma.

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 1 total roles, 1 female roles.

Publication

Publisher
Oberon
Year Published
2007
ISBN 10
184002786X
ISBN 13
9781840027860
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
96 pages
Place Published
London
Language
English
LCCN
2008378193
LCC
PR6119.H36 L33 2007
DCC
822.92
eISBN 13
9781849438919
Print
The Lady of Burma is a British play written by and published by Oberon in London, 2007. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9781840027860 and an ISBN-10 of 184002786X.
Digital
ePlay digital editions are available on Amazon Kindle Apple Books Google Play with an ISBN-13 of 9781849438919.

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