Os irmãos Karamázov
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In recent years, the works of Dostoyevsky have been haunting the theatre work of Sylvain Creuzevault, who now returns to them with the intention of climbing the literary mountain that is “The Brothers Karamazov”, the Russian writer’s final masterpiece. Which of his four sons has killed the Karamazov patriarch? This tale of an imploding family, whose writing continuously contradicts its statements, describes the conflict between truth and falsehood, religion and State, good and evil. No one is innocent, and guilt spreads around. “If God is dead, everything is allowed” is written on one of the stage set’s walls, like a maxim. Sylvain Creuzevault drew inspiration from Genet, who saw the Russian master’s novel as “a farce”. Of the “murderous game” that unravels tragic decorum “only shreds remain; and the fun starts”. The French stage director turns the farcical humour that runs through “The Brothers Karamazov” into the thread that causes both action and characters to come unstitched, ultimately revealing them as a symptom of their time and a reflection of our present.
