The Karamazovs
Director: Petr Zelenka
Starring: Ivan Trojan, David Novotny, Lenka Krobotova, Igor Chmela
Czech Republic/Poland, , 2008,, 1 hour 40 minutes, subtitles
The play’s the thing – but certainly not everything – in this tremendous version of the Brothers Karamazov. The phenomenal performances are alone worth the price of admission, as a Czech company’s rehearsal at a Polish steelworks showcases the extraordinary power of this particular adaptation and underlines the timelessness of Dostoyevsky’s themes. We also see the actors offstage as they bicker and joke and it’s these side stories and the sophisticated interplay among the different levels of text (novel, play, film, “real life”) that brilliantly bring out the parallels between their lives and the Karamazovs’. Focusing on the trial scenes, this ambitious homage to acting will appeal to anybody who enjoys seeing the National Theatre live shows.
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| Aberystwyth Arts Centre | 2011-03-11 | 17:45:00 | Buy Tickets |
| Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff | 2011-03-09 | 20:15:00 | Buy Tickets |
