The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot

Dostoyevsky's titanic novels are transformed into spellbinding full cast drama by playwright David Fishelson. In The Brothers Karamazov, 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 one another. In The Idiot, we meet the childlike Prince Myshkin as he returns to the decadent social whirl of St. Petersburg. The two most beautiful women in town compete for his affections in a duel that grows increasingly dangerous.

Two L.A. Theatre Works full cast performances featuring:

The Brothers Karamazov 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.

The Idiot Edward Asner as General Yepanchin Kate Asner as Nastasya Filipovna Angela Bettis as Aglaya Arye Gross as Ganya Ivolgin John Kapelos as Lebedev Robert Machray as General Ivolgin/Totsky Jon Matthews as Parfyon Rogozhin Johanna McKayas Varya/Daeya Paul Mercier as Prince Sherbatsky/Denisov Laurel Moglen as Adelaida Michael Rivkin as Eugene Radomsky Peggy Roeder as Mrs. Yepanchin/Mrs. Ivolgin/Princess Belokonsky Douglas Weston as Prince Myshkin

Directed by David Fishelson. Recorded before a live audience at the DoubleTree Suites, Santa Monica in February of 1997.

© 2007 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781580814225

Release date

Audiobook: 1 August 2007