"The Possessed is one of the four or five works that I place above all others. For many reasons, I can say that I was nurtured by them and shaped thanks to them. For about twenty years now, I have been seeing these characters on stage. They not only have the prestige of dramatic figures; they also have the behavior, the outbursts, and their fast and unexpected style.

Dostoevsky, after all, has a theatrical technique in his novels: he weaves through dialogues, using some indications of places and movements. The theater person, whether an actor, director, or playwright, always has at their disposal all the information they need.

Today, here are The Possessed on stage. Bringing them to life required many years of work and observation. And yet, I know, I consider all that separates the theatrical work from this amazing novel! I simply tried to follow the deep mechanism of the book and to proceed, like it, from satirical comedy to drama, and then to tragedy." Albert Camus