Banga
August 6, 2023
The Master and Margarita website started 17 years ago and we continue to find new information. Today we added a page on Banga, the faithful dog of Pontius Pilate.
In the latest version of The Master and Margarita, Bulgakov does not give any further description of Banga's breed, but from earlier versions of the novel we can conclude that it is a so-called Great Dane, «a gigantic sharp-eared dog with a grey pelt and a gold-studded collar».
Banga also inspired the rock band Pearl Jam and the rock legend Patti Smith to record great songs.
Illustration
Pilate and Banga according to photographer Elena Martynyuk
News archives
- Introduction
- 260731l Film in the United States
- 260701 Avignon Theatre Festival
- 260325 My Poor, Poor Master
- 250605 Release of Lockshin's film
- 250120 Stalinism and Putinism
- 241207 The Devil and Margarita
- 241207 Rock musical
- 240501 Script issues
- 240204 New film
- 231105 Historical pavement
- 230823 Another guide to the novel
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