The Idiot

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Event The Idiot
Venue Theatreworks, St Kilda, VIC
First Date 11 July 1992
Opening Date 11 July 1992
Last Date 9 August 1992
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Prince Myshkin, the titular idiot, is like Dostoyevski, an epileptic. The social isolation caused by his illness has left him Christ-like: naive, unworldly, innocent and disarmigly honest.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Adaptation
Storytelling
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Kerry Armstrong Actor Yepanchin/Varya Ivolgin/Radomsky
Humphrey Bower Actor
Polly Croke Actor Aflaya Yepanchin/Ferdyshchenko
Ernie Gray Actor Prince Myshkin
Melita Jurisic Actor Lebedev/Mrs Yepanchin/Mrs Ivolgin
David Pledger Actor Ganya Ivolgin/Adelaida Yepanchin/Officer
Ian Scott Actor RagashinGeneral Ivolgin
Mary Sitarenos Actor Footman/Nastasya Filippovna/Vera Lebedev
Humphrey Bower Adaptor
Robert Draffin Adaptor
Fiona Bennett Assistant Stage Manager
Eleanor McDonald Costume Co-ordinator
Lloyd James Costume Designer
Lloyd James Designer
Tomek Koman Designer
Robert Draffin Director
Robert Taylor Lighting Designer
Jennifer Pryce Production Manager
Jo Irving-Spray Stage Manager
Fyodor Dostoyevsky Writer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Russia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record July, 1992
Programme
Data Reviewed By Robert Taylor (RobertTaylor) on 7 June 2021
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 16662