4 February - 27 February 1993

THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV

from the novel by Dostoevsky

adapted by Gerard McLarnon

Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov PHILIP MADOC
Smerdyakov JONATHAN MOORE
Dimitri Fyodorovich Karamazov (Mitya) TOM MANNION
Katerina Ivanova LOUISE LOMBARD
Grushenka LORRAINE ASHBOURNE
Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov MICHAEL MUELLER
Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov (Alyosha) IAN SHAW
Zossima/The Judge GRAHAM CROWDEN
Police Chief/Tipstaff COLIN PROCKTER
Policeman/Jailer JONATHAN MAGNANTI
Policeman IAN MAHER

Director BRAHAM MURRAY
Designer SIMON HIGLETT
Lighting VINCE HERBERT
Sound PHILIP CLIFFORD
Music CHRIS MONKS
Fight Director MALCOLM RANSON
Choreographer WENDY ALLNUTT

"...one glittering evening of theatrical triumph...Braham Murray's stylishly showy production, is an elegant evocation of aristocratic Russia...I couldn't find a word to say against it..."
Robin Thornber The Guardian

"...Simon Higlett has contrived one of the most arresting opening scenes the Royal Exchange will have seen. The darkness is broken by piercing light streaming from a huge incense-bearing thurible swinging across the harsh boards of the stage. These planks slope towards a navel of mud where the naked Fyodor Karamazov stands caked from head to toe. Between this gothic terror of the muddy pit and the threatening pendulum, puny man vainly struts. And in Philip Madoc's excellent performance a wondrously stentorian and distended vanity it is...Tom Mannion is vividly impressive as Mitya and equ «ally matched by Lorraine Ashbourne...Braham Murray's production is sharp and often exciting...
Jeffrey Wainwright The Independent