Was mikhail bulgakov religious

THE OPEN ART FESTIVAL «CHERRY ORCHARD» AND

THE STATE ACADEMIC VAKHTANGOV THEATER  PRESENT

The “FLIGHT” play is a hallmark work in Mikhail Bulgakov’s heritage. Elena Bulgakova, the author’s wife remembered: “It was Mikhail Afanasievich’s favorite play; he loved it like a mother loves her child.”

Veniamin Kaverin has written about the play: “FLIGHT” destroys conventional boundaries of the genre; one moment it is a psychological drama, another it is a phantasmagoria almost completely discordant with realistic view of the outside world.”

The theatrical history of “FLIGHT” was not easy. After its rehearsals at MHAT (Moscow Academic Art Theatre) had been banned in , the question of staging “FLIGHT” was four times brought up at the sessions of Politburo. The authorities never allowed the second presentation – after “The Days of the Turbin Family” – of White Army officers as characters on the stage. The play was never staged within the author’s lifetime, which was “almost a catast