A 12-hour adaptation Dostoyevsky novel is set for Lincoln Center Festival 2010

Dostoyevsky set for Lincoln Center Festival 2010

NEW YORK — A 12-hour adaptation of a Dostoyevsky (duhs-teh-YEHF’-skee) novel will be among the highlights of Lincoln Center Festival 2010, running for 45 performances this summer.

Festival director Nigel Redden said Wednesday the arts celebration, which will run from July 7 to July 25, will take place at Lincoln Center and at various other venues around New York, including two events on Governors Island, located off lower Manhattan.

The Governors Island productions will include Peter Stein’s 12-hour version of Dostoyevsky’s “The Demons,” performed July 10 and July 11 in Italian with English subtitles. The novel, also known as “The Possessed,” concerns a group of young revolutionaries.