Acting Edition S.
4 total works
Four English students gather for a picnic in Germany in 1938. Then Esther, a Jewess, appears, hunted by Karl of Hitler Youth. She is dragged away and thunderclouds form over what had previously been a fine day. A Narrator tells us of the fate of five of the party but we can only guess at Esther's fate.3 women, 3 men
A dramatization of the Greek legend of Iphegenia, sacrificed by her father King Agamemnon to the goddess Artemis in order to free the becalmed Greek fleet in the port of Aulis. It is an eye witness account of Andreas, the soldier who guarded the royal tent that fateful day.
Americans, Maxwell and Joan, are visiting a country in the far east where Maxwell was posted during the war. Maxwell, while visiting the temple relives a horrfying scene from his army days. They meet a cripple and their patronage turns to fear when they see his terrible scars. A young woman official explains that he is a napalm victim. To the tourists he is an object of fear, to the revolutionary he is an embarassment to the state. He is the innocent.-2 women, 2 men
A golliwog, a toy soldier, a doll and a monkey with a drum lie forgotten in an attic. Each night they enact the story of the brother and sister who owned them long ago - a story that bursts through the straitlacing of Victorian society.2 women, 2 men