Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden (La muerte y la doncella)

    Author: Ariel Dorfman

    First Performance: 1991, Santiago, Chile

    Published: 1990

    First English Translation: 1990

    Genre: Pol. drama in 3 acts; Spanish prose

    Setting: Escobars' living room, Latin American country (Chile), c.1990

    Cast: 2m, 1f

In a country where the former dictatorship has just been replaced with democracy, Gerardo Escobar (45) has been summoned to take part in a Commission investigating crimes by the former regime. Gerardo's wife Paulina (40), who was herself abducted, raped, and tortured 15 years previously, hopes he will discover the truth of her case. Roberto Miranda (50), a doctor, gives Gerardo a lift when his car has a puncture, and is invited to stay the night. Paulina, recognizing Roberto as her torturer, knocks...

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