The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David Fishelson

Narrator: John de Lancie, Sharon Gless, Arye Gross, Harry Hamlin, Kaitlin Hopkins, Joseph Mascolo, Richard Hoyt Miller, John Randolph, John Rubinstein, Tom Virtue, Ping Wu, Edward Asner, Kate Asner, Angela Bettis, John Kapelos, Robert Machray, Jon Matthews, Johanna McKayas, Paul Mercier, Laurel Moglen, Michael Rivkin, Peggy Roeder, Douglas Weston

Unabridged: 3 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2007

Synopsis

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.

About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. He died in 1881 having written some of the most celebrated works in the history of literature, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on April 28, 2022

Prince Myshkin (whose name to the Russian ear sounds somewhat like Prince Mousy) may be considered as a disciple of quietism… “Oh, so you are a philosopher; but are you aware of any talents, of any ability whatever in yourself, of any sort by which you can earn your living? Excuse me again.” “Oh, plea......more

Goodreads review by Adam on March 23, 2019

A terrific novel - very worth reading - but lacking the thrust and pleasures of BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, which is one of my favorite books. It is, perhaps, the most difficult novel to evaluate with the Goodreads star system, because it is both very, very great, and not particularly good. When the action......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 28, 2020

This guy is on a morning train to St Petersburg. He knows nobody there. He has no money and no possessions. He’s this close to being a vagabond. But he gets in conversation with this other guy and one meeting leads to another and by ten o’clock that night – 160 pages later – he is telling a lady he......more

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