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Idiot, Crime and Punishment and Demons are the most popular works for theatrical productions by Fyodor Dostoevsky, based on the program of the 23rd International Dostoevsky Theater Festival. From November 6 to November 13, twenty theaters from seven countries will present their performances in Veliky Novgorod, the website of the Russian Ministry of Culture reports.
Four performances based on the Idiot novel will be shown by the participants of the festival. Theaters from Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as from Poland and Northern Macedonia, will present their version of prince Myshkin. Rodion Raskolnikov will speak Turkish and Finnish on the Novgorod stage. The theaters from Armenia and Belarus are also on the list.
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The program includes several productions based on the Demons novel. One of them, performed by the Moscow Taganka Theater, will open the festival on November 6. Another Moscow troupe, artists of the Ya-Theater, will show a choreographic production based on one of the chapters of the novel.
A round table is included in the festival program at which Russian and foreign directors and critics would discuss productions based on the works of the Russian classic.
Russkiy Mir
