The Double

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Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin is struggling. His job is going nowhere, he can barely interact with other people and his life has become devoid of meaning. So when a man enters his life who looks exactly like him, only infinitely more intelligent and charming, he begins to lose hold of not only his identity but also his sanity.

Book by	Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adapted by	Meredith Oakes

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Archive :: production:T01113382777, play:S1910678525, venue:V854

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Production details

Based on Dostoyevski's The Double. A hard-hitting and passionate dark comedy, presented with a dynamic and entertaining mix of physical theatre, dance, mime and melodrama. Miss Golyadkin's life is not really going according to plan and then she meets her double. She welcomes 'the double' into her life, but things suddenly get much, much worse. The doppelganger steps into her life and proceeds to make a much better job of it. How has this nightmare happened? And where did this double come from? Ustinov Studio. Part of the Transformation Season