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Crime and Punishment
 
Crime and Punishment
2002-2003 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Adaptation

"Stunningly lean, taut and emotionally searing... a work of theatre that never feels like a condensation of a seminal 500-page novel, but rather has the swift, sharp impact of a blow from an ax." —Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

"Only occasionally can the production of a classic make us see the work differently...this adaptation and production remind us how thrilling a classic can be. On opening night you feel the audience holding its breath throughout the performance. Go: it will leave you breathless, too." —AISLESAY Chicago
Drama. Adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus. From the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Cast: 2m., 1w. (The cast play multiple roles.) This new, award-winning adaptation of Dostoyevsky's literary masterpiece Crime and Punishment is told by three actors playing Raskolnikov (the murderer), Porfiry Petrovitch (the detective), Sonia (the young prostitute) and many other characters in this famous story. This "conversation on the nature of evil" is set in the mind of the murderer where he relives and explores, through the urging of Porfiry and Sonia, the thoughts, ideas and feelings that drove him to his horrible crime. The play becomes a psychological landscape which creates a thrilling journey into the mind of a killer and his search for redemption. Raskolnikov speaks directly to the audience at times, putting his case to them, so that the audience becomes another character in the telling. This is an intimate psychological and spiritual journey which seeks to unveil hidden dimensions of the human condition. Unit set. Approximate running time: 90 minutes.

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Play details
Status:  (Subject to Restriction)
Type of show:  Full-Length
Catalog Code:  CB8
Cast Size:  3
No. of Act(s):  1
Pages:  45
Royalty:  $65.00 /perf.*
Cost:  $6.95
Approx. Running Time:  90 min.
Categories
Target Audience: High School College and Adult
Performing Group: High Schools College Theatre Community Theatre Stock & Lort
Genre: Drama * Literary Classic
ISBN (10): 1583422250
Publication Date: 12/10/2004
Biographies
Marilyn Campbell is an actress, playwright and co-founder and artistic associate of the Writers' Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois. In addition to Crime and Punishment, other full-length plays include: My Own Stranger (a co-adaptation with Linda Laundra based on the writings of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Ann Sexton, which had its world premiere at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York and was ...More
Curt Columbus is a director and writer who has been working in Chicago theater for over a decade. His translation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya was published by Ivan R. Dee last spring, and a new translation of Three Sisters will appear sometime later this year. A volume of Chekhov's four major plays will follow in 2004. Curt ...More
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* Please note that royalties quoted in our catalog are intended for K-12 schools with a standard curriculum only. All other producing groups must submit a completed application.


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