Anna Karenina
By: Helen Edmundson ; from an original work by Leo Tolstoy
Contributors: Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Married women; Drama; Adultery; Social conditions
Description: Married to a provincial governor, the punctilious Alexei Karenin, Anna revolts against her life of compromise when she meets the charming officer Count Vronsky. She embarks on a scandalous affair, which completely destroys her family life and brings her to the brink of destruction. Interspersed with Anna's tragic downfall is the story of Levin, an idealistic landowner striving to find meaning in his life - a character often seen as a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. Helen Edmundson's adaptation is a meditation on the nature of love. It was first performed by Shared Experience at the Theatre Royal, Winchester, on 30 January 1992.
Notes: Previously issued in print: London: Nick Hern Books, 2011.