BBC WS - The Heart Of A Dog

BBC World Service Production - Mikhail Bulgakov's "Heart Of A Dog"



Frankenstein type fantasy in which a prole's heart is grafted

into a mongrel dog which then attacks its masters ... loosely

hidden attack on the way the Russian Revolution was turning out.



Fortunately for Bulgakov, Stalin could stand a certain amount of

criticism from artists. Not a patch on 'The Master and Margarita',

but good fun all the same.



Adapted from Michael Glenny's translation. I can't say much about

the production - I recorded it off the BBC's World Service twenty

five or so years back, but it's older than that.