Which genre is Bulgakov's play Ivan Vasilievich?
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Ivan Vasilievich is a satirical play by Mikhail Bulgakov. The play was written in 1935 and first performed in 1936. It is set in Moscow in the 1930s and tells the story of a man who is accidentally transported back in time to the reign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. The play is a scathing indictment of the Soviet regime and its bureaucracy.
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