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Black Snow: Play

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 10m, 10 any gender (adult)

Mikhail Bulgakov, Keith Dewhurst

A stage adaptation of Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov's theatrical novel Black Snow, this play is a bitingly funny and savage attack on censorship.

Black Snow: Play

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 10m, 10 any gender (adult)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Literature), Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary

This bitingly funny adaptation of Bulgakov's modern Russian classic novel of 1936 was premièred at the Royal National's Cottesloe Theatre in 1991. Set between 1924 and 1925 it is an hilarious send-up of Stanislavsky's famous 'Method' and the acting profession in general and was based on fact - the mutilation of Bulgakov's play Molière, for which Bulgakov blamed Stanislavsky.

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Performing Groups

Large cast

  • Time Period 1920s
  • Setting

    Various interior settings

  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"The funniest and cleverest new play I have seen for a very long time." - Financial Times

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  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Bulgakov was born on May 15, 1891, in Kiev. He graduated from the Medical School at Kiev University in 1916 and began practicing at a country hospital in the Smolensk province. He wrote about his experiences in “Notes on Cuffs” and “Notes of a Young Country Doctor.” H ...
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