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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Duel
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'"Duel, n: a contest with deadly weapons arranged between two people in order to settle a point of honor."

'Zosima is a young man who lives a life of debauchery where nothing is out of bounds. The night before a deadly duel, he wakes with an overwhelming sense of guilt and insight. This will be the event that transforms his life and leads him from the military to a monastery.

'In 1880 Dostoevsky wrote his final novel - The Brothers Karamazov. The Duel forensically examines a single chapter from The Brothers Karamazov, digging deep into Zosima's journey and the mysterious visitor who challenges him with a dark secret.'

Notes

  • Adapted from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Production Details

  • Produced by the Sydney Theatre Company and ThinIce, Wharf 2, Sydney, 9-20 June 2009. Director Matthew Lutton.

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Works about this Work

Feel of Dostoevsky Retained in Tale of a Celebrity Monk Jason Blake , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 June 2009; (p. 10)

— Review of The Duel Tom Wright , 2009 single work drama
Out of the Dark and into Salvation Nicholas Pickard , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 14 June 2009; (p. 19)

— Review of The Duel Tom Wright , 2009 single work drama
Tome Raider Clara Iaccarino , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 June 2009; (p. 13)
The Russians Are Coming Elissa Blake , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 June 2009; (p. 12-13)
Elissa Blake discusses a range of 2009 Sydney theatre productions including Tom Wright's 'The Duel', an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov.
Out of the Dark and into Salvation Nicholas Pickard , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 14 June 2009; (p. 19)

— Review of The Duel Tom Wright , 2009 single work drama
Feel of Dostoevsky Retained in Tale of a Celebrity Monk Jason Blake , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 June 2009; (p. 10)

— Review of The Duel Tom Wright , 2009 single work drama
The Russians Are Coming Elissa Blake , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 June 2009; (p. 12-13)
Elissa Blake discusses a range of 2009 Sydney theatre productions including Tom Wright's 'The Duel', an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov.
Tome Raider Clara Iaccarino , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 June 2009; (p. 13)
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