Professor David Peimer
Leo Tolstoy: Anna Karenina
Summary
The focus of the lecture is Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina and the complex relationships between Anna, her husband Karenin, and her lover Vronsky, set against the backdrop of Russian aristocratic society and societal changes. The discussion presents a nuanced analysis of “Anna Karenina, touching on its timeless themes and its relevance within the historical and societal context of 19th-century Russia.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and New York University (Global Division), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.
I’m sure he would’ve gotten away with it no problem. What I mean by that is, he wouldn’t have been seen as breaking the rules. He would’ve not been shunned and all the rest of it.
I think so. But it’s also perhaps Leo, Lev. It’s been argued that it was his first name as well that he’s trying to throw in. So we are not sure of the Jewish connection or linked to his own first name.
Yes, definitely because the black and the white, you know, the innocence and the experience. In Keira Knightley’s dark jewel, compared to the innocent, idealistic, naive young, almost teenager Kitty, white.