The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David Fishelson

Narrator Sharon Gless, John de Lancie, Kaitlin Hopkins, Harry Hamlin, Arye Gross, Tom Virtue, John Rubinstein, Richard Hoyt Miller, Ping Wu, John Randolph, Joseph Mascolo

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Summary

Playwright David Fishelson has adapted Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece The Brothers Karamazov  into a spellbinding full-cast drama. The passionate Karamazov brothers spring to life, led by their rogue of a father, who entertains himself by drinking, womanizing, and pitting his three sons against each other. The men have plenty to fight over, including the alluring Grushenka.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

John de Lancie as Ivan Karamazov
Sharon Gless as Grushenka
Arye Gross as Alyosha Karamazov
Harry Hamlin as Dmitry Karamazov
Kaitlin Hopkins as Katerina
Joseph Mascolo as Fyodor
Richard Hoyt Miller as Miusov/Waiter/Mussyalovich/Judge Sergeant
John Randolph as Zossima/Visitor
John Rubinstein as Smerdyakov
Tom Virtue as Father Joseph/Pawnbroker/Vrublevsky/Prosecutor/Coachman
Ping Wu as Rakitin/Father Paissy/Innkeeper/Defense Attorney

Directed by David Fishelson. Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica in June of 1994.

Duration: about 2 hours (02:15:39)
Publishing date: 2007-08-01; Adapted; Copyright Year: 2007. Copyright Statment: —