Collaborators - National Theatre
Pro reviewers average
2013-05-25
Moscow, 1938. A dangerous place to have a sense of humour; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he’s offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about St...
Moscow, 1938. A dangerous place to have a sense of humour; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he’s offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about Stalin to celebrate his sixtieth birthday.
3.7
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| Running dates |
from Apr 30 2012 to Jun 23 2012 |
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National Theatre |
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| Cheapest ticket |
£12 |
| Most expensive ticket |
£32 |
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Having seen this the week after the Barbican's Master and Margarita, it seems clear writer John Hodge was attempting to write something both about Russian dissident novelist Mikhail Bulgakov and in the style of Bulgakov. Hodge succeeds, but in doing so retains some of the flaws that may make Bulgakov better on the page than on the stage. The magical/farcial plot is well laid out, and the actors are excellent, especially Alex Jennings as Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale as Stalin. But the lightness with which the material is treated makes it hard to engage either intellectually or emotionally with the action. |
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