The Chess Girls: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
Lavinia Greenlaw
Jun 2012 · BBC Digital Audio · Narrated by Kerry Shale and Sally Orrock
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The emergence of the Polgar sisters in the 1970s and 80s rocked the chess world. In a heavily male dominated game, the three Hungarian girls broke record after record. The youngest, Judit, was talked of as a potential world champion. The Chess Girls is the story of their parents, Laszlo and Klara Polgar, and how they defied the Communist authorities to conduct a remarkable educational experiment. Laszlo Polgar, convinced that any healthy child can be trained to become a genius, set out to prove his theory with his own children. This is a drama-documentary with excerpts from an interview with Laszlo and Klara Polgar recorded for the play. The writer, Lavinia Greenlaw, takes their account and re-creates the lives of the young Polgar family in their tiny Budapest flat. The fictional Laszlo is played by Kerry Shale, and Klara by Sally Orrock. Director: Chris Ledgard.
The emergence of the Polgar sisters in the 1970s and 80s rocked the chess world. In a heavily male dominated game, the three Hungarian girls broke record after record. The youngest, Judit, was talked of as a potential world champion. The Chess Girls is the story of their parents, Laszlo and Klara...
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Kerry Shale has performed his acclaimed one-man shows in the UK and around the world. TV credits include Cracker and Sharpe's Rifles. Recent films include 102 Dalmatians and Max. Audiobooks include Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. He has won three Sony Awards for radio acting and writing and won Male Performer of the Year at the 2004 SWPA Audiobook Awards.
Kerry Shale has performed his acclaimed one-man shows in the UK and around the world. TV credits include Cracker and Sharpe's Rifles. Recent films include 102 Dalmatians and Max. Audiobooks include Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. He has won three Sony Awards for radio acting and writing ...
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