slkjsslkj
Collaborators
Reply
Tag Archives: Simon Russell Beale
How Stalin almost stole my soul – an interview with Simon Russell Beale
Link
Simon Russell Beale talks about the stress of playing a megalomaniac mass murderer in Collaborators at the National Theatre.
John Hodge, author of Collaborators, talks about how he created the character of Stalin.
John Hodge, author of Collaborators, talks about how he created the character of Stalin. John is best known for his work as a screenwriter. His work includes Shallow Grave and Trainspotting.
Collaborators – Telegraph review
Link
Collaborators – a new play at the National Theatre by John Hodge
Image
Collaborators
a new play by John Hodge
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 fact, Collaborators 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.
Directed by Nicholas Hytner, Alex Jennings plays Bulgakov and Simon Russell Beale, Stalin.