Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden returns to the stage
Ariel Dorfman's play Death and the Maiden, first premiered in 1990, is returning to the stage under the direction of Bruce Guthrie, who highlights its dark humor and exploration of moral and political themes. The play centers on Paulina Salas, a former political prisoner who believes she recognizes her captor, doctor Roberto Miranda, after Chile's transition to democracy. Set against the backdrop of Chile's post-dictatorship era, the play examines justice, trauma, and memory without directly naming figures like Augusto Pinochet.
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Getting ready for a fresh round of rehearsals, Bruce Guthrie talks of his latest play — Death and the Maiden. “It’s a clever play, with many subtle references, and that’s what drew me to it. It’s darkly funny, and has plenty of gallows humour. But it’s definitely not a comedy, and it raises a lot of pertinent issues,” he says.Premiered in 1990, Death and the Maiden was written by Ariel Dorfman, an Argentine-Chilean playwright, whose theme was based on events that took place in Chile during and after the military regime of Augusto Pinochet. It depicts the association between a political prisoner — Paulina Salas, her husband Gerardo, and doctor Roberto Miranda — who she believes tortured her in the past though he never showed his face.
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