Daily Telegraph, August 2, 2004
The Master and Margarita comes over like a grown-up and vastly superior version of Harry Potter.
Daily Telegraph, August 2, 2004
Outstanding adaptation...breathtaking in its ambition and originality...the literary range is extraordinary
The Guardian, July 31, 2004
An extraordinary mixture of Faustian romance, anti-Stalinist satire and religious enquiry.
The Independent, August 5, 2004
Edward Kemp's astute adaptation makes all the right adjustments...the work's mighty imaginative compass and its roller-coaster shifts of tone.
Book Description
A mysterious stranger appears in a Moscow park. Soon he and his retinue have astonished the locals with the magic show to end all magic shows. But why are they really here, and what has it got to do with the beautiful Margarita, or her lover, the Master, a silenced writer? A carnival for the senses and a diabolical extravaganza, this most exuberant of Russian novels was staged in this adaptation at Chichester Festival Theatre.
