Collaborators
Monday 30 April 2012 to Saturday 23 June 2012 (55 days)
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In repertoire- £12-£32
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Where
- Olivier Theatre
- National Theatre
South Bank, SE1 9PX
- Box office: 020 7452 3000
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.
Inspired by historical events, John Hodge's play embarks on a surreal journey into the fevered imagination of the writer as he loses himself in a macabre and disturbingly funny relationship with the omnipotent subject of his drama.
Alex Jennings plays Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale, Stalin.
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