{"product_id":"9780571283996-collaborators","title":"Collaborators","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd the monster always wins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollaborators\u003c\/b\u003e by John Hodge premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2011.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoscow, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKilling my enemies is easy. The challenge is to change the way they think, to control their minds. And I think I controlled yours pretty well. In years to come, I'll be able to say: Bulgakov? Yeah, we even trained him. He gave up. He saw the light. We broke him, we can break anybody. It's man versus monster, Mikhail. And the monster always wins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollaborators\u003c\/b\u003e by John Hodge premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2011. It is published here with an introduction by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56473431015798,"sku":"9780571283996","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27344482.jpg?v=1760684091","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571283996-collaborators","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}