{"product_id":"9781854598257-mandate-the","title":"The Mandate","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chillingly grotesque farce set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, banned for decades in the USSR and revived in this uproarious new version by Declan Donnellan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoscow, 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 them with the militia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNikolai Erdman's play \u003cem\u003eThe Mandate\u003c\/em\u003e was written in 1924 and first performed in 1925 in a production directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis English version by acclaimed director Declan Donnellan was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in 2004, in a production directed by Donnellan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41610630070369,"sku":"9781854598257","price":10.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27218185.jpg?v=1721583541","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781854598257-mandate-the","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}