Sunday, January 15, 2012


Glynn House Inn: Collaborators: National Theatre Live – Jan 17

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 fact, Collaborators http://www.glynnhouse.com/calendar/#january_2012_1 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.

John Hodge’s blistering new play depicts a lethal game of cat and mouse through which the appalling compromises and humiliations inflicted on any artist by those with power are held up to scrutiny. Alex Jennings plays Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale, Stalin. View the Glynn House http://www.glynnhouse.com/ website for additional information about the Inn and local activities.

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