The Kreutzer Sonata

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A play about death, desire and Beethoven. A man boards a train: the confined space of the carriage triggers potent memories. Soon he is confessing to a terrible crime, one for which he holds Beethovens Kreutzer Sonata responsible. Written in 1889, Leo Tolstoys novella became instantly notorious, and was banned in both Russia and America. Tolstoy hoped one day to see it performed to the accompaniment of live music. In this adaptation by Nancy Harris, musicians and actors come together to bring the story to life for the stage.

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"""Nancy Harris's English adaptation combines icy precision with mordant wit - "" - Daily Telegraph ""Nancy Harris's crisp and emotionally intelligent adaptation conveys the power of the Tolstoy original - . The experience of Harris's play is a jolt to the system, a journey into the pathology of suspicion and self-loathing"" - Evening Standard ""An extraordinarily compelling adaptation of Tolstoy's great, warped novella."" - Independent ""Tolstoy's sensational 1889 novella has been dashingly adapted by Nancy Harris - she can wield a knife as precisely as Pozdynyshev."" - Observer "

Author Bio

Nancy Harris plays include Little Dolls (Bush Theatre Broken Space Season), Love in a Glass Jar (Abbey Theatre 20: Love Season). She has been a writer on attachment at the Soho Theatre and the National Theatre Studio and has had work produced by Mind The Gap Theatre Company in New York