Gielgud and Haas in Crime and Punishment

''Crime and Punishment'' is a stage adaptation of

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's classic 1866 novel ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal '' The Russian Messenger'' in twelve monthly installments during 1866.

''. The authors, Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus, created a 90-minute, three-person play, with each character playing multiple roles. The play was performed at 59E59 St Theater with Writers' Theatre in 2007 in New York City. ''The New York Times'', in its positive review of the play, rhetorically asked, "Who would have thought that the novel no high school student has ever finished reading would make such engrossing theater?" before promising that the Campbell and Columbus' stage adaptation would "banish any bad memories you might have of trying to struggle through Dostoyevsky's book." The show received positive reviews in ''The Washington Post'', ''The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer'' and ''The Seattle Times'', as well. The play was performed by the

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in Philadelphia in 2006 and the Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Md., in 2007. In 2009, it was staged by Seattle's Intiman Theatre, the

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, and the

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, and by the Kentucky Repertory Theatre in November 2010. It will be performed by the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company in early 2011. Campbell previously wrote ''My Own Stranger'', which was adapted from the works of poet

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, ''The Beats'', which featured the material of

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s including

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(played by

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), and ''The Gospel According to

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''. The play won Chicago's 2003 Joseph Jefferson Award, Best New Adaptation.

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