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Diary of a Madman archiveGogol's tragicomic masterpiece Diary of a Madman centres around the life of Axenty Ivanov, a civil servant who casts himself as a victim of unrequited love. As he records his diary, he foresakes the security of an ordered life and spirals into a world of fantasy and despair. On the way, he tells of his growing obsession with Sophie (the enchanting daughter of his superior), his difficult relationship with his Head of Department, his dependency on his landlady, Mavra and two little dogs who contemplate his hopelessness. As sanity evaporates, he assumes a new role as the rightful king of Spain. When he is finally committed to an asylum, he finds the Spanish court very odd indeed.

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Author: Nikolai Gogol

Archive listings for Diary of a Madman

Work type: Play.

T0193723815

Director Sinead Rushe. Performer Robert Bowman (Poprishchin).
9 Nov 17Theatr Brycheiniog (Brecon Theatre), Brecon :: V1067
listing details L01515530855
7 Apr 16 to 8 Apr 16Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham :: V0812942011
listing details L585505464

T01817241865

Presented byLiving Pictures. Director Sinead Rushe.
4 Aug 15 to 5 Aug 15Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff :: V827
listing details L1105810062

T0379842646

Running time: 55mins with no interval. Suitable for 14+Company Ballast Theatre. Adapted by Howard Colyer. Director Scott Le Crass. Performer David Bromley.
26 Aug 14 to 30 Aug 14Jack Studio Theatre (previously Brockley Studio Theatre), Outer London :: V299
listing details L379396771

T745323117

Company Stepping Out Theatre. Company Partisan Theatre (in association with The Ashton Group). Adapted by Steve Hennessy.
2 Dec 13The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter :: V1892701352
listing details L0221339238
16 Sep 13 to 17 Sep 13Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford :: V799
listing details L2081141660

T23615125

Producer Living Pictures. Producer Cegin Productions. Director Sinead Rushe. Design Sarah Beaton. Lighting Katy Stephenson. Music Roland Melia. Performer Robert Bowman (Poprishchin).
5 Jul 13 to 6 Jul 13The Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol :: V1384579886
listing details L0728104742
6 Jun 13The Riverfront, Newport :: V088145899
listing details L1307368886
5 Jun 13Arts Centre, Aberystwyth :: V817
listing details L2133934436

T1273504034

Producer Living Pictures. Producer Cegin Productions. Director Sinead Rushe. Performer Robert Bowman.
25 Oct 12 to 26 Oct 12Sherman Theatre, Cardiff :: V824
listing details L1057064793
6 Oct 11 to 8 Oct 11Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff :: V827
listing details L2002768709

T0478589636

Director Jason Moore. Performer Matthew Jure.
19 May 11 to 20 May 11Pleasance, Inner London :: V276
listing details L015578617

T01209118023

Running time: approx. 90mins without interval.Producer Theatre Alive!. Translation Jeff Lewis. Director Andrew Visnevski. Design Lili Kendaka. Performer Mark Antoine.
24 Apr 10RADA Studios (formely Drill Hall Arts Centre), Inner London :: V197
listing details L01779611496

T720778606

Tim Lenkiewicz's new adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's Diary of a Madman, combines acrobatics and animation to give this classic tale a contemporary twist and thrust it into the 21st century. Poprishchin, Gogol's anti-hero, turns from reality to his own delusions desperately trying to keep himself sane as the world in which he lives grants him no opportunities and offers him no future.Performer Tim Lenkiewicz.
12 Feb 10 to 13 Feb 10Jacksons Lane, Outer London :: V312
listing details L0598998075

T1815645136

Company Stepping Out Theatre. Adapted by Steve Hennessy (and The Inhabitants of The Moon Are Noses by Steve Hennessy).
3 Jun 08 to 4 Jun 08The Rondo, Bath :: V855
listing details L88216222
3 May 08 to 4 May 08The Rondo, Bath :: V855
listing details L1430041632
3 May 07 to 4 May 07The Rondo, Bath :: V855
listing details L535761771

T971723135

Performer Andy McQuade.
15 Apr 08 to 20 Apr 08The King's Head Theatre, Inner London :: V235
listing details L0301706186

T01245963889

Re-imagined as a Beckettian one-man show. The production will explore the role-playing nature of identity and examine the boundaries of sanity and selfhood.Producer Fail Better Productions. Adapted by Jonathan Heron. Adapted by Christopher Tester. Director Jonathan Heron. Design Nomi Everall. Lighting Dave Thwaites. Other David Tanqueray (stage manager). Performer Christopher Tester.
28 Aug 07 to 16 Sep 07The Rosemary Branch, Inner London :: V333
listing details L1506022876

And Other Russian Journals - T2009062094

The Diary of a Madman, chronicles a disenchanted government official's dissent in lunacy, ending in his hilarious belief he is the King of Spain! In [Leskov]'s The Sentry an army Private grapples with his conflicting sense of duty, which leads to a squalid nighttime cover up in the Tsar's Winter Palace in St Petersburg. The last act follows a man overburdened with errands from friends and family giving a frenzied and absurd account of his chores and obligations in An Unwilling Martyr by [Anton Chekhov].
20 Jun 06 to 24 Jun 06New Wimbledon Theatre, Outer London :: V341
listing details L01482732767

T1338586518

Producer Bart Wolffe.
30 Mar 03 to 31 Mar 03Pentameters, Inner London :: V217
listing details L0593078775

T0334838152

Adapted by Kelvin Segger. Director Rob Jarvis. Performer Alex Hughes.
17 Apr 01 to 12 May 01Old Red Lion, Inner London :: V216
listing details L1602439603

T1968925170

Company Tidal Wave Theatre Company.
13 Oct 99 to 29 Oct 99Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309
listing details L1767772501

T0959017024

Director Jemma Green. Performer Crispin Bonham Carter. Company New Action Theatre Company. Adapted by Eric Bentley.
13 Jul 99 to 18 Jul 99Finborough, Inner London :: V199
listing details L325508236

T0577990600

Company Enjay Theatre Company.
21 Jul 97Etcetera Theatre, Inner London :: V198
listing details L1398688218

Other listings

8 Jan 14 to 11 Jan 14New Wimbledon Theatre, Outer London :: V341
listing details L1164536741
26 Sep 96 to 28 Sep 96The Arches, Glasgow :: V618
listing details L1334582318
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