The Balkan Women
by Jules Tasca

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Synopsis

"This meditation on the horror of war set in 1990 brings the spirit of Euripides to a Serbian detention camp for Muslim women.

Men are pitted against women, Christians against Muslims, and Croats against Serbs in a drama that bares the inner conflicts that result when society is governed by illogical ethnic hatreds.

A hard-boils, devoutly Christian guard is torn by conflicting inner voices as he interrogates a prisoner and her mother about an explosion that killed sixteen of his soldiers.

The arrival of a new, wounded camp commandant triggers murder and inevitable catastrophes reminiscent of ancient tragedy."

Press Reviews

"Theatrically bold and politically moving.... The dialogue has an odd and effective stateliness, as though we're listening to a translation of an ancient work."

— Variety

Publication

PublisherSamuel French
Year2009
BindingPaperback
EditionSamuel French Acting ed.
Pages76
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573696268
ISBN-100573696268
LCCN2010277514
LCCMLCS 2010/40568 (P)

The Balkan Women is a American play written by Jules Tasca and published by Samuel French in New York (2009).

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