Lavinia Greenlaw - The Chess Girls
True drama documentary on how two world-beating chess-playing sisters were trained. With real parents Laszlo and Klara Polgar.
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.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Writer | Lavinia Greenlaw |
| Laszlo Polgar | Kerry Shale |
| Klara Polgar | Sally Orrock |
| Director | Chris Ledgard |
Broadcasts
Thu 16 Jun 2011 14:15大象传媒 Radio 4 FM- Fri 27 Dec 2013 14:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Thu 7 Apr 2016 11:15大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 7 Apr 2016 21:15大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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