Joviality and waggishness may not be traits you immediately associate with the Stalinist secret police. But then you probably haven't met Vladimir, the NKVD operative in John Hodge's play "Collaborators." Arriving at the home of dramatist Mikhail Bulgakov, a somber-faced Vladimir announces that the writer is under arrest. There's a pause; shock registers. Then Vladimir gleefully chortles, "Only joking!"Read full arti…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:48PM on February 18, 2016