Cast:

 

An O.R.P Production directed by Stephen Downing.

 

Crew:

The Play:

Set in a fragile South American democracy
the play concerns Paulina who was once
interrogated and toured by the police.
Is the man her husband brings home one evening
one of the torturers of is it a case of
mistaken identity?
A terrifying moral thriller which combines brilliant
theatricality with clear thought
and fierce compassion.

The Play is set in a South American Country in 1985 in an Oceanside Beach House. The action takes place during 36 hours of a Summer Weekend.

The Author - Ariel Dorfman

Born in Argentina in 1942, Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean citizen who was forced in exile after the 1973 coup that overthrew Salvador Allende. His numerous books have been translated into over twenty languages. They include the novels Mascara (1988), Hard Rain (1990) and Konfidenz (1995). His other plays include Widows, Kaliban and Reader. Dorfman is Research Professor of Literature and Latin american Studies at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, where he lives with his wife and two sons. He co-wrote the screenplay of Death and the Maiden with Rafael Yglesias

Reviews:

Superb tale of revenge.
John Slim

Praise cannot come to highly for the tautness and tension that Stephen Downing's fine production maintains in Ariel Dorfman's thriller with the South American setting. Paulina's husband brings home a stranger who has helped him when his car has broken down - and she is horrified, because she insists that this is the man who tortured and raped her 15 years ago. Three superb performances handle both quick fire dialogue and difficult silences. Concentration never wavers. In its studio setting, this is a drama that enfolds with its intimacy and rivets with its roller coaster relationships. Louise Henwood is superb in her single-minded pursuit of vengeance. Chris Thomas, as her husband, and Geoff Poole as the luckless stranger, excel as they suffer in their separate ways from her unwavering mission. She is as remorseless as the sea we hear beyond the beach house - a sound that prompts the only raised eyebrow, because those crashing waves seem to be arriving far more quickly than they do ar Blackpool.

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