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Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 4m

Ariel Dorfman

"A veritable hall of mirrors: a mixture of Kafka and Pirandello." – The Guardian

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 4m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
A censor discovers that the subversive novel he is about to ban is describing his own life and hinting that a terrible fate awaits his son. He must hunt down the author before it comes true…
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Performing Groups
DANIEL LUCAS - around fifty years old.
DON ALFONSO - same actor as Daniel Lucas.
IRENE - a secretary, in her thirties.
JAQUELINE -  same actor as Irene.
NICK (NICHOLAS) LUCAS - Daniel Lucas' son, around twenty-five/thirty, a writer.
ENRIQUE MORALES - same actor plays Nick.
DAVID MALKO - same actor plays Nick.
TANYA - a shadow woman, Daniel's former wife. Between twenty and thirty years old.
SONIA - David Malko's wife, same actor plays Tanya.
MAN - ageless, can only play himself.
  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting The near future, everywhere.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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"A politically charged play about what happens to a society when it suppresses important truths in the name of higher ideals." – My London Your London

"A veritable hall of mirrors: a mixture of Kafka and Pirandello." – The Guardian

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Ariel Dorfman

Ariel Dorfman
Ariel Dorfman, the Chilean-American author of numerous works of fiction, plays, poems, screenplays and essays in both Spanish and English, holds the Walter Hines Page chair at Duke University. His books have been translated into over forty languages and his plays staged in mo ...
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