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The Mandate


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The MandateThe revolution turns the Guliachins' world upside down. First they must track down members of the working class to pose as relatives. And there's 'Copenhagen Twilight' to replace with a portrait of Karl Marx. But in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, the cook is confused for the Grand Duchess Anastasia or a call girl, depending on whether she is in our out of her dress. Banned for decades in the USSR, this uproarious new version of Nikolai Erdman's lost comic masterpiece exposes a society riddled with hypocrisy and confusion.
Author Nikolai Erdman

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Special Performances


  • 5 Jan 05 Audio Described
  • 6 Jan 05 Audio Described
  • 17 Jan 05 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)

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Company

Producer Royal National
Director Declan Donnellan
Design Nick Ormerod
Lighting Judith Greenwood
Sound Rich Walsh
Director Jane Gibson (movement)
Performer Deborah Findlay (Nadejda Petrovna)
Performer Sinead Matthews (Nastia)
Performer David Collings (Autonom)
Performer Naomi Frederick (Varvara Sergeevna)
Performer Martin Hutson (Pavel)
Performer Adrian Scarborough (Ivan Ivanovich Shironkin)
Performer Bruce Alexander (Olymp Valerianovch Smetanich)
Performer Sarah-Jane Drummey (Ensemble)
Performer Daniel Hart (Anatoly)
Performer Sean Jackson (Ensemble)
Performer Carol Macready (Vishnevezkaia/Tamara Leopoldovna)
Performer Laurence Penry-Jones (Valerian)
Performer Michael Rouse (Ensemble)
Performer Roger Sloman (An Organ Grinder)
Performer Harry Towb (Agaphangel)
Performer Anne White (Ensemble)
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