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Originally published on Sunday, 13 July 2008

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A woman lies dead on a bed in her wedding dress, a silver knife through her heart. The two men who loved her lie beside her.

...some trace of her is a multimedia performance inspired by Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. Using cutting-edge film techniques, performers become film-makers to create live video and sound to explore this tale of love and morality in 19th century Russia

Cast includes Ben Whishaw (Criminal Justice, BBC1) and Hattie Morahan (Sense and Sensibility, BBC1).

‘Theatre and video come together so seamlessly and compliment each other so exquisitely it is as if Katie Mitchell, her company and video artist Leo Warner have created an entirely new art form.’
Guardian online on Katie Mitchell’s 2006 production of Waves.

For more information and production photos visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/sometrace
Inspired by The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Adapted by Katie Mitchell and the company

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