Synopsis
The Balkan Women
$10.99 Published by Samuel French Inc
2 Male 3 Female
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 boiled, 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
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