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A Theatrical Novel is an unfinished novel by Mikhail Bulgakov. Its existing version was written in 1936-37 then abandoned. The work is a renowned specimen of the roman à clef. In this book the author settles scores with the famous MAT (Moscow Art Theatre), including its acclaimed chief Konstantin Stanislavski and Method acting system.The book's protagonist is Sergey Maksudov a reportedly talented but impractical and beleagured author(a novelist and playwright). At first he pens a novel "Black Snow" which is published by a private publishing house in 20's Soviet Russia. The book makes a minor sensation and lets him enter the literary world which he satirises.Later Maksudov, driven by inspiration, makes a play (similarly tittled "Black Snow") out of his novel. He gets in touch with the Independent Theatre which accept the play. Soon the unexpected problem arises. The Independent Theatre is entirely dominated by its founders, the agely actors, while Black Snow mostly features young characters. Many powerful members of the company, implied to be over 50 or 60 are exztremely eager to act in the new play. Thus Maksudov is bullied into changing the plot, making existing characters older and introducing additional old characters. Of course Maksudov does not take it lightly.The production is put on halt but later suddenly resumed. It is rehearsed accoring to the Method of Ivan Vasilievich, the leader of the MAT. Maksudov is dismayed by the method, considers it a charlatanry and in general thinks that his play is butchered by the theatre.The novel remained unfinished as Bulgakov simply quit it half-sentence. Later he did not have time to return to finish it.The book was published in 1965, three decade after its creation Tropes | |
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