Focus on Ancient Greek Myth Inspired Plays
IAKOVOS KAMBANELLIS
Woman and the Mistake
Director: Maria Savva
Thursday 22 September 2022 at 19:00
Theatre Aliki, Pedion Areos Park
Excerpt
POLICE OFFICER: You women are obsessed with feeding people.
POLICE INSPECTOR: So, tell me, do you get frequent visits from the police at home?
MOTHER: We sure do, they have been coming here for a long time –since 1946, but some police visits from 1936 as well.
Summary
A police officer, along with a police Inspector, burst into a house of a poor family one night, in order to arrest the son. Such arrests were quite common in the years of the military junta in Greece. The mother, however, was used to having her husband taken away and led to prison in the past. She is disarmingly polite towards the policeman, and treats him with sympathy, good will and understanding.
Characters for Violin and Orchestra (1966-1975)
First performed 1976, Karolos Koun Art Theatre, Veaki Theatre
A play unfolding across four one-act plays: A Loyal Man (1966-1967), The Celebratory Speech (1970), The Man and the Portrait (1974) and The Woman and Mr. Mistake (1975).
Credits
Text: Iakovos Kambanellis
Director: Maria Savva
Performers: Chris Despotis, Lefteris Katachanas, Giannis Kourkoumelis, Maria Savva
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