Dostojewski--teatr sumienia: Biesy, Nastazja Filipowna, Zbrodnja i kara by Andrzej Wajda.Publication Date: 1989.
First produced at the Stary Teatr in Kraków on October 5, 1984, Andrzej Wajda’s adaptation of "Crime and Punishment" presented a faithful interpretation of Dostoevsky’s novel in 13 scenes plus an epilogue. As these sketches show, it was originally staged as a claustrophobic series of glass doors and windows, a maze of apartments, offices, and corridors, with the audience separated from the stage by a court-like wooden barrier. It was received enthusiastically by critics and audiences alike, continuing its run at the 25th Kalisz Theatre Festival in 1985, the Warsaw Theatre Festival in 1986, and the 5th International Festival of Theatre in Madrid in 1985. The play subsequently toured Berlin, Belgrade, Parma and Palermo, Italy, and Tel Aviv, Israel. In 1987 it was adapted for television in cooperation with the German public-broadcasting company WDR.
Andrzej Wajda, born in Suwałki, Poland in 1926, is an internationally acclaimed film and theatre director. In his youth he joined the Polish resistance in 1942 and served in the Armia Krajowa until the close of World War II. After the war, Wajda studied to be a painter at Kraków’s Academy of Fine Art before entering the Łódź Film School. During a career spanning more than half a century, Wajda has had four of his films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and received the Palme d’Or in 1981 and an honorary Oscar in 2000. As well as adapting "Crime and Punishment" for the stage, Wajda has produced both theatrical and cinematic versions of Dostoevsky’s "Demons" and "The Idiot."