Dostoyevsky’s Crime & Punishment June 8, 2006

What do you think of when Russian literature comes to mind? Biting wind, cold wet snow and vodka? Maybe comedy is not the first thing to pop into your head.

The Stanislavsky Theater Studio defies the limits of Russian literature stereotypes and carefully peels back the layers of the Dostoyevsky masterpiece to reveal the humor present. Comedy acts as an important conduit to delivering Dostoyevsky’s moral messages, and it helps you to fully digest the Russian master’s work in an evening’s performance.
The hero of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel, the former student Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, has often been referred to as the “Russian Hamlet.” And yet, with his novel Dostoyevsky has created a “backwards” Hamlet.

Official Website: http://www.sts-online.org/crimeandpunishment.htm