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ISBN 978-0-573-69626-8Jules Tasca Full Length, Drama 2 m., 3 f., chorus. Simple set. This meditation on the horror of war set in 1990 brings the spirit of Euripides to a Serbian detention camp for Muslim women. Men are pitted against women, Christians against Muslims, and Croats against Serbs in a drama that bares the inner conflicts that result when society is governed by illogical ethnic hatreds. A hard boiled, devoutly Christian guard is torn by conflicting inner voices as he interrogates a prisoner and her mother about an explosion that killed sixteen of his soldiers. The arrival of a new, wounded camp commandant triggers murder and inevitable catastrophes reminiscent of ancient tragedy. "Theatrically bold and politically moving.... The dialogue has an odd and effective stateliness, as though we're listening to a translation of an ancient work." Variety. Winner of the 1997/98 Barrymore Award for Best New Play. FEE: $75 per performance. Character Descriptions:SAMIRA JUSIC – A Muslim prisoner in a Serbian camp.AMINA JUSIC – Samira’s motherCOL. BRANISLAV HERAK – The camp CommandantLT. JOVAN VLACO – One of the camp interrogatorsJELA KALJANAO – Another Muslim prisonerThere is also a polyphonic chorus of four men and four women, adjuncts to the actors.
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