Doping Games
por Hugo Plowden
Doping Games by Hugo Plowden explores the world of sports in the Stasi state of the old East German communist regime. This plain and powerful drama tells the story of Lotte Hahn, an amphibious child-prodigy of the 1970s, who is coached for gold as an Olympic swimmer.
As Lotte's mentors and tormentors covertly use chemical injections, her gender becomes blurred into indeterminacy. This thought-provoking narrative serves as a ration of bread and water for the bread and circuses about to start in London.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.