These are three dramatic adaptations from Franz Kafka that have been performed all over the world and never fail to move audiences wherever they are played. ‘In the Penal Colony’ was Berkoff's first professional production, performed at London's experimental theatre, the Arts Lab, Drury Lane, in 1968. It is a strange tale of torture and suffering featuring a macabre machine so fiendish and diabolical that it could have been designed in hell (Cast 4m). ‘The Trial’ was first presented at the Oval House in 1970. It’s the story of Joseph K. struggling in the abyss of self-doubt. A ludicrous parable investigating every contingency and nuance of the law (Cast 8+m, 2+f). His adaptation of ‘Metamorphosis’, in which he originally played the part of Gregor, was first produced at the Round House in 1969. Gregor, the Untermensch, is gradually transformed into an insect which his family reject, then tolerate, then loathe, and finally destroy by neglect. (Cast 3+m, 2+f)
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"A powerful, yet vividly funny, version of Kafka’s dark fantasy..." -- Jack Tinker, Daily Mail
"Franz Kafka, a tortured soul if ever there was one, has found his perfect modern interpreter in Steven Berkoff..." -- Antony Thorncroft, Financial Times
"Kafka’s novella ‘Metamorphosis’ (1913) is a pretty gruelling affair ... In Steven Berkoff’s brilliant stage adaptation ... it becomes more searing still." -- Christopher Grier, London Standard
"[In Berkoff’s] expressionistic interpretation of [‘Metamorphosis’] its power and often heart-rending qualities now possesses an extraordinary eloquence." -- Keith Nurse, Daily Telegraph
"Franz Kafka, a tortured soul if ever there was one, has found his perfect modern interpreter in Steven Berkoff..." -- Antony Thorncroft, Financial Times
"Kafka’s novella ‘Metamorphosis’ (1913) is a pretty gruelling affair ... In Steven Berkoff’s brilliant stage adaptation ... it becomes more searing still." -- Christopher Grier, London Standard
"[In Berkoff’s] expressionistic interpretation of [‘Metamorphosis’] its power and often heart-rending qualities now possesses an extraordinary eloquence." -- Keith Nurse, Daily Telegraph
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Amber Lane Press books by Steven Berkoff include ‘Coriolanus in Deutschland’ - a day-by-day account of preparing a production of Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ in Munich, ‘Agamemnon’ / ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ (adaptations from Aeschylus and Poe) and ‘Requiem for Ground Zero’ - a poem paying homage to the unknown victims of the 911 tragedy.
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I have read both metamorphosis and in the penal colony (the Kafka versions), and I think that Berkoff is a genius for creating such incitive and passionate stage versions of these texts. You can really feel the atmosphere and tension in these plays.
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I found this a wonderful teaching aid for those students studying this story by Kafka. And if not studying this great author or Berkoff the director/actor then it proved a most entertaining DVD seeing his translation in play form.
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