Synopsis

The Mandate

The Mandate $16.99

Nikolai Erdman adapted Declan Donnellan

Published by Nick Hern Books

A new version of the chillingly grotesque Soviet farce, in a new translation by Declan Donnellan, as premiered at the National Theatre ...

Moscow 1924, the early days of the Soviet Union. Communism is everywhere - little understood but greatly feared. A landlord must pretend to be a Communist. His cook is mistaken for the missing princess Anastasia, And his lodger is threatening him with the militia

This madcap but sinister farce was a huge success at its premiere in 1925, when it was directed by the legendary Meyerhold

'... a bilious attack on the panic, fear and loss of identity of post-revolutionary Russia ... compelling viewing for lovers of farce or students of Russia's tormented past' ~ Guardian

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