4. The Fifth Dimension

The dead rise to greet Queen Margarita at the Ball of the Spring Moon.

But will she save her beloved Master?

Mikhail Bulgakov's fantastical novel is a satire of life in 1930s Soviet Russia.

Conclusion of Brian Wright's dramatisation.

Stars Daniel Massey, Michael Maloney and Geraldine James.

Unpublished during Bulgakov’s lifetime (1891-1940), The Master and Margarita was smuggled out of the USSR and first fully published in Paris in 1967.

Woland .... Daniel Massey
The Master .... Michael Maloney
Margarita .... Geraldine James
Bezdomny .... Nigel Anthony
Koroviev .... Colin Jeavons
Azazello .... John Hollis
Behemoth .... David Holt
Natasha .... Melanie Hudson
Inspector .... Eric Allan
Sergeant .... Jonathan Adams
Baron Maigel .... John Webb
Berlioz .... John Fleming
Matthew .... John Church
Detective .... Peter Penry Jones
Frieda .... Linda Polan
Yeshua .... Jonathan Tafler

Translated by Michael Glennie.

Dramatised in four parts by Brian Wright.

Director: David Hitchinson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.