Devils/demons By Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Revolution and betrayal lie at the heart of Dostoevsky's unsettling tale, an allegory of the potentially catastrophic consequences of the political and moral nihilism that were becoming prevalent in Russia in the 1860s. A fictional town descends into chaos as it becomes the focal point of an attempted revolution, orchestrated by master conspirator Pyotr Verkhovensky.

Gary Lilburn and Jonathan Forbes star in Melissa Murray's new dramatisation.

CAST
Nicholai ..... Joseph Arkley
Stepan ..... Gary Lilburn
Mrs Stavrogina ..... Jane Whittenshaw
Nicholai ..... Joseph Arkley
Pyotr ..... Jonathan Forbes
Darya ..... Charlotte East
Virginsky ..... Ian Dunnett Jr
Krillov ..... Hasan Dixon
Marie ..... Emma Handy
Shatov ..... Stefan Adegbola
Lisa ..... Cecilia Appiah
Marya ..... Georgia Henshaw

Written by Melissa Murray
Directed by Carl Prekopp
Produced by Marc Beeby and Anne Isger

BBC Radio 4, Released On: 24 Jan 2021

Part 1
Gary Lilburn, Jane Whittenshaw , Georgia Henshaw and Jonathan Forbes star in Dostoevsky’s unsettling tale of revolution and betrayal. After years away from home, Nicholai Stavrogin returns to his old home town bringing with him the radical ‘free-thinkers’ of Petersburg, hell-bent on causing civil unrest. Dramatised by Melissa Murray.

Part 2
Jonathan Forbes, Cecilia Appiah, Gary Lilburn and Joseph Arkley star in Dostoevsky’s unsettling tale of revolution and betrayal.
Nicholai’s darkest secrets are revealed, and Lisa’s reputation is hanging by a thread as the factories are being burned to the ground in a town on the brink of revolution.

Part 3
Jonathan Forbes, Charlotte East and Joseph Arkley star in Dostoevsky’s unsettling tale of revolution and betrayal. As the young revolutionaries turn their guns on each other, despair and self-destruction takes hold of the hearts and minds of the town’s inhabitants and Darya must decide if she can ever forgive Nicholai for the hideous things he has done.