Mikhail Bulgakov: Difference between revisions

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====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====


====Medium: [[:Category:Theater|Theater]] [[:Category:Personal Opinion|Personal Opinion]]====
====Medium: [[:Category:Theater|Theater]], [[:Category:Personal Opinion|Personal Opinion]]====


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'''Description of Artwork:''' Bulgakov wrote many plays that criticized the Soviet government.  ''White Army'', or ''[[The Days of the Turbins]]'' told the story of the White Army through one family's perspective.  
'''Description of Artwork:''' Bulgakov wrote many plays that criticized the Soviet government.  ''White Army'', or ''[[The Days of the Turbins]]'' told the story of the White Army through one family's perspective.  


'''The Incident:''' All of Bulgakov's plays were banned in Russia except ''[[Days of the Turbins]],'' which suffered many alterations dictated by Stalin's censors.  Many  critics accused the play of showing the nobility of the defeated army.  Another of his plays, ''[[Flight]],'' was also denounced for "misplaced sympathies."   
'''The Incident:''' All of Bulgakov's plays were banned in Russia except ''[[The Days of the Turbins]],'' which suffered many alterations dictated by Stalin's censors.  Many  critics accused the play of showing the nobility of the defeated army.  Another of his plays, ''[[Flight]],'' was also denounced for "misplaced sympathies."   


'''Results of Incident:''' ''[[Days of the Turbins]]'' was restored after Bulgakov's death.  Stalin supposedly viewed it 15 times.  
'''Results of Incident:''' ''[[The Days of the Turbins]]'' was restored after Bulgakov's death.  Stalin supposedly viewed it 15 times.  


'''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones
'''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones