The Black Monk – Anton Chekhov
National Theatre of Greece, Experimental Stage — Foyer 2004-2005 Season First performance: December 15, 2004 Last performance: April 14, 2005 On July 28, 1893, Chekhov informed A. S. Suvorin that he had written a short novella. Suvorin’s proposal to publish it in Novoye Vremya was declined by the author (in a letter dated August […]
Molière (The Cabal of Hypocrites) – Mikhail Bulgakov
National Theatre of Greece — Garage First performance: November 19, 2004 Last performance: May 22, 2005 The Cabal of Hypocrites or Molière Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Cabal of Hypocrites, perhaps better known by its second title, Molière, was originally staged at the Moscow Art Theatre on February 16, 1936. However, following a libellous article in […]
The Little Foxes – Lillian Hellman
Contemporary Theatre Stage First performance: Friday, October 31, 1997 In every city, in every village, in every humble dwelling, there will be someone fighting for a better world. Lillian Hellman We all seek answers in dark times. The questions being asked are vast and numerous, suffocating us in a harsh reality designed for winners […]
True West – Sam Shepard
Exarchia Theatre First performance: October 18, 1996 Last performance: January 12, 1997 […] The players of True West consist of three men and one woman. The play explores the relationships between two brothers in the pattern of Cain and Abel. “The family framework is, moreover, the axis around which ancient drama revolves”, notes Mr. […]
King Lear – William Shakespeare
Jenny Karezi Theatre July 22-23, 1996 Odeon of Herodes Atticus “The play’s the thing Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King” Hamlet. The question posed to the theatre maker who attempts to bring to life a theatrical work from the past in front of a contemporary audience is: Why do certain works, deeply […]
Broken Glass – Arthur Miller
Exarchia Theatre First performance: October 26, 1995 […] Broken Glass takes place in Brooklyn in late November 1938, a few days after Kristallnacht. America, still under the influence of the Great Depression and, according to Miller, “in complete intellectual and moral disarray”, appears largely unaware of the events unfolding in Europe. Sylvia Gellburg, however, […]
Two Riddles – Luigi Pirandello
Notos Theatre First performance: Friday, March 17, 1995 “The performance consists of two one-act plays by Pirandello, The Vice (1892) and I’m Dreaming (But Am I?) (1929). The Vice was written in 1892 and is the first extant play from Pirandello’s youth. Its original title was The Epilogue, but Pirandello later retitled it La […]
Three Sisters – Anton Chekhov
Notos Theatre First performance: November 2, 1994 Last performance: January 22, 1995 Letter to S. Sokolova Moscow, 7.9.1901 So, what’s the news? Chekhov is happy. His wife is radiant. These days he is writing a farce, but be careful: it’s a secret. I can imagine how it will turn out… I’m afraid that what will […]
The Suppliants – Aeschylus
“Desmoi” Centre for the Research and Performance of Ancient Greek Drama First Performance: July 2, 1994, Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus The particular interest of The Suppliants lies in the function of the chorus as the protagonist of the tragedy, taking up the majority of the work. This element itself convinced many to seek a […]
Katsourbos – Georgios Chortatzis
The new STAGE May 1993 The plot of Katsourbos, like the other comedies of Cretan theater, is rudimentary and revolves around a theme common for that era: the recognition of lost children. Nikolos and Kassandra are in love, but Kassandra’s adoptive mother, Poulisena, wants to give her as a bride to the old man […]
Rosmersholm – Henrik Ibsen
“Phasma” Art Company First performance: December 25, 1991 Last performance: April 19, 1992 […] The four-act drama Rosmersholm is widely regarded as the apex of Ibsen’s creative maturity. It was written in 1886, between The Wild Duck and The Lady from the Sea. Initially titled White Horses, a title that immediately evokes the imagery […]
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead – Tom Stoppard
Stathis Livathinos’ diploma project performance was presented in its initial version at GITIS during his first year of studies there, and subsequently as a complete production at the Mayakovsky Academic Theatre in 1990. The performance was awarded the Moscow Critics’ Prize and remained in the theatre’s repertoire until 2001.
Liturgy Under the Acropolis – Nikiforos Vrettakos
Greek Popular Theatre of Manos Katrakis First performance: September 10, 1982 Liturgy Under the Acropolis is the second composite poetic work by Nikiforos Vrettakos, published in 1981. It was preceded by Prometheus or, The Game of a Day in 1978. The reshaping of the ancient myth, as noted by renowned Hellenist Vincenzo Rotolo, “struggles […]