We are presenting this interview as part of CharPo's new partnership with Upstage—Theatre on Radio on CKUT.
By Estelle RosenAdapted and Directed by Alexandre Marine, …the itsy bitsy spider.. is based on Fyodr Dostoevsky’s Demons. Intending to show that Russia was being destroyed by radicals, Dostoevsky was overcome by wanting to fictionalize personal experiences associated with a real-life political conspiracy murder.
In an interview with Alexandre Marine, conducted by CKUT Upstage contributor Alison Louder, Marine said. “The play revolves around a missing controversial chapter from Demons that had been censored for decades in Russia.”
