{"product_id":"mandate","title":"Mandate","description":"\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\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\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\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","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249010659672,"sku":"9781854598257","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781854598257_b96e19a6-67b7-40d7-b27d-defed9fc269f.jpg?v=1777866324","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/mandate","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}