Crime and Punishment

Fri Oct 20, 2017 to
Sun Nov 26, 2017

Time: 20:30 (Sun:18:30)

Location

Dionysos Theater
29 Diagorou Street
Nicosia, Nicosia 1097

Phone: 99621845

Description

Crime and Punishment is a play based on the classic novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov, in an attempt to defend his actions, argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a vermin. He also commits the murder to test a theory of his that dictates some people are naturally capable of such actions, and even have the right to perform them. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov compares himself with Napoleon Bonaparte and shares his belief that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose.

Directed by Giannis Iordanides

For reservations: 22818999 & 99621845

(in Greek)