Crime and Punishment
Drama - Original
Biltmore Theatre
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- First Preview:
- Opening Date: January 22, 1935
- Closing Date: February 1, 1935
- Previews: 0
- Performances: 15
Playwright: Fyodor Mikhaylovitch Dostoyevsky
Synopsis
A poor Russian man plans to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker and use her money to do good deeds to counteract his crime, believing he is justified in the murder because of his admirable goals, in this adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel.
Opening Night Cast
| Lee J. Cobb | Saloonkeeper Koch |
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| Thomas Coffin Cooke | Porphyry | |
| Morgan Farley | Rodion Romanitch Raskolnikoff | |
| Babette Feist | Madame Margot | |
| Robert Finch | Clerk Janitor |
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| Edward Forbes | Loushin |
Opening Night Production Credits
| Fyodor Mikhaylovitch Dostoyevsky | Writer | |
| Sonia Gordon Brown | Translator | |
| Victor Wolfson | Staging | |
| Irene Sharaff | Scenic Designer | |
| Victor Wolfson | Producer | |
| Sherry | Producer |