A tremendous opportunity to see two of the world's finest classic novels brought to the intimate stage setting of Barons Court Theatre. Opening on 16th February with a revival of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" - Hardy's haunting tale of innocence betrayed, love denied, rape and bloody murder! - and then alternating nightly with the extraordinary "Crime & Punishment", Dostoyevsky's piercing insight into criminal mania, lust for power, compassion and redemption!

There's much to draw Tess and Crime & Punishment together; themes such as self-sacrifice, suffering to a purpose, the sins of the father, the destruction of youthful ideals and the acceptance of life and society as it is, rather than as we might wish it.

Both pieces tend to be remembered for one pivotal and destructive moment which takes place in the early stages of the novel, but to imagine that Tess is simply about a rape and Crime & Punishment simply about a murder is to detract from the outstanding psychological analysis of humanity, the joyous wealth of characters, of intrigue and, yes, even of humour and romance, that each great writer provides.

An absolute must see for all lovers of great literature!