{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{italic title}} '''''Gagarin Way''''' is a play by Scottish playwright Gregory Burke, named after a street in the West Fife village of Lumphinnans, on the edge of Cowdenbeath. The play documents the disappearance of socialism from an area where political radicalism was once a defining characteristic of the population. ''Gagarin Way'' debuted at the Traverse Theatre,<ref>{{cite web|title=Gagarin Way |url=http://www.traverse.co.uk/gagarin_way.html |publisher=Traverse Theatre |accessdate=15 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720172702/http://www.traverse.co.uk/gagarin_way.html |archivedate=July 20, 2008 }}</ref> Edinburgh, in July 2001, before transferring to the National Theatre<ref>{{cite web |title=Gagarin Way |url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/1201/productions/gagarin-way.html |date=2001 |publisher=National Theatre |accessdate=15 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809071523/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/1201/productions/gagarin-way.html |archive-date=9 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the West End in London. It was translated into 20 languages and toured the world.
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Category:Plays set in Scotland Category:Scottish plays Category:2001 plays
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