The Refugee Women
Don Zolidis
The Balkan Women
by Jules Tasca
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
Publisher Samuel French
Year 2009
Binding Paperback
Edition Samuel French Acting ed.
Pages 76
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573696268
ISBN-10 0573696268
LCCN 2010277514
LCC MLCS 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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