Death and The Maiden

Death and The Maiden

By Ariel Dorfman

Directed by Stevie Hughes

An amateur production by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd

Tony award-winning Glenn Close, Richard Dreyfuss and Gene Hackman starred on Broadway in this political thriller.  Set in an unnamed country that is, like the author’s native Chile, emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship, the play explores the after effects of repression on hearts and souls.  Paulina Escobar’s husband Gerardo, who is to head an investigation into past human rights abuses, brings home a guest.  Paulina is convinced that this stranger supervised her prison torture sessions.  She ties him to a chair and conducts her own interrogation, gun in hand.  Escobar doesn’t know whether to believe his distraught wife or his persuasive new friend.  This white knuckle thriller is a riveting intellectual and emotional tug of war.

‘Death and the Maiden is a brilliant and important play that is almost as relevant today as it was at the time of its creation. As such, it should be compulsory viewing.’  British Theatre Guide

 ‘… a highly nuanced thriller, filled with moral dilemmas about justice and revenge.’  Everything-Theatre

‘As well as raising important issues, the play is also gripping, with much of the intensity of a first-rate thriller.’  The Telegraph

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