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Welcome to Thebes

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  10w, 10m

Moira Buffini

Set in the present day but inspired by ancient myth, Welcome to Thebes offers a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world's richest and the world's poorest countries in the aftermath of a brutal war.

Welcome to Thebes

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    10w, 10m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
He put this gun into my hand and made me human once again. Faced with an impoverished population, a shattered infrastructure and a volatile army, the first democratic president of Thebes, Eurydice, promises peace to her nation. Without the aid of Theseus, the leader of the vastly wealthy state of Athens, she doesn't stand a chance. But Theseus is arrogant, mercurial and motivated by profit. A swaggering opposition circles, impatient for insurrection. The body of the former dictator lies unburied. Set in the present day but inspired by ancient myth, Welcome to Thebes offers a passionate exploration of an encounter between the world's richest and the world's poorest countries in the aftermath of a brutal war. Moira Buffini's "Welcome to Thebes" premiered at the National Theatre, London, in June 2010.
Keywords

10M 10F + ensemble

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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"Buffini's play is thoughtful and provocative" - The Guardian

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Moira Buffini

Moira Buffini
Moira Buffini’s plays include Blavatsky’s Tower (Machine Room), Gabriel (Soho Theatre), Silence (Birmingham Rep), Loveplay (Royal Shakespeare Company), Dinner (National Theatre and West End), Dying for It, adapted from The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman (Almeida), A Vampire Story ...
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