Crime and Punishment
Paperback, 112 pages ISBN: 9781848423657Publication Date:
5 Sep 2013
Size: 198mm x 129mm£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
A4 Spiral-bound, 224 pages ISBN: 9781839043550Publication Date:
5 Sep 2013
Size: 297mm x 210mm£14.99 £11.99You save £3.00 (20%)
Ebook, 112 pages ISBN: 9781780017372Publication Date:
6 May 2016
£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
First Staged:
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow then UK tour, 2013

Crime and Punishment (stage version)

By Fyodor Dostoyevsky Adapted by Chris Hannan

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An exciting, fresh and accessible adaptation of Dostoyevsky's masterful novel.

Starving, destitute student Raskolnikov is surrounded by the harsh injustices of the world: the grime of poverty and prostitution, unscrupulous pawnbrokers chasing debts, and a sister about to marry someone she doesn't love to keep her family alive. His guilt is unbearable. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer any chance of redemption.

As Raskolnikov enters a dangerous cat and mouse game with the examining magistrate, a psychological thriller unfolds that probes how far humanity might go when driven by disillusionment and whether any crime can be justified by a higher purpose.

Chris Hannan's adaptation of Crime and Punishment was first performed at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, in 2013, followed by a UK tour.


A4 Edition also available

This play is also available as an A4 Edition, offering spiral binding, a larger print size and additional space for notes. To order the play in this format, simply select the 'A4 Spiral-bound' option above. Please note A4 Editions are only available for delivery within the UK.

'Everybody wants to change the world. Nobody thinks to change himself.'

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'Both a classic come to life and an urgent new work which develops its own style and language rather than slavishly imitating the text and it’s all the better for it'

Independent

'Powerful... To find a theatrical structure, adaptor Chris Hannan roams freely through the novel. He turns interior monologue into direct address, thins out subplots and reconfigures the sequence of events to fashion a fluid route through the story'

Guardian

'Magnificent... a fluent, beautiful, profoundly theatrical account of one of the great stories of world literature'

Scotsman
Paperback,112 pages ISBN: 9781848423657Publication Date:
5 Sep 2013
Size: 198mm x 129mm£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
A4 Spiral-bound,224 pages ISBN: 9781839043550Publication Date:
5 Sep 2013
Size: 297mm x 210mm£14.99 £11.99You save £3.00 (20%)
Ebook,112 pages ISBN: 9781780017372Publication Date:
6 May 2016
£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)

Also by Fyodor Dostoyevsky:

The Crocodile

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Also by Chris Hannan:

Shining Souls
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn
The Evil Doers
The Baby
The God of Soho
What Shadows

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