Mystery-Bouffe (Russian: Мистерия-Буфф ; Misteriya-Buff) is a socialist dramatic play written by Vladimir Mayakovsky in 1918/1921. Mayakovsky stated in a preface to the 1921 edition that "in the future, all persons performing, presenting, reading or publishing "Mystery-Bouffe" should change the content, making it contemporary, immediate, up-to-the-minute."
Vladimir Mayakovsky took from 1918 to 1921 to write the play Mystery-Bouffe.
Vladimir Mayakovsky in 1918/1921. Mayakovsky stated in a preface to the 1921 edition this leads me to believe that he wrote a second edition in 1921 updating it and that it did not take him from 1918 to 1921 to write the play.