This is the first ever publication of contemporary Greek plays translated into English. The aim is to make contemporary Greek theatre accessible to international artists and audiences.
The Parade by Loula Anagnostaki, translated by Anastasia Revi and Yiorgos Glastras. This one act play is part of the trilogy "The City", 1965, and one of the classic modern Greek plays by Greece's most prominent female authors. It is also the first contemporary Greek play performed in the UK. More info...
Love Thriller by G. Skourtis, translated by Aphroditi Panagiotakou, was first staged in Athens in 1998. It is the story of a married couple who thought they knew each other well.
With Power from Kifissia by D. Kehaidis & E. Haviara, translated by Nelli Karra was first staged in Athens in 1995, and is considered to be the best Greek comedy of the decade. It was first staged in London in 2001. More info...
With the support of THE HELLENIC FOUNDATION
London and the HELLENIC FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE, Greece
Published by ARCADIA BOOKS © 1999, ISBN: 1-900850-28-1
Available from all leading bookstores, price £9.99 ($13.99)
This is the first ever publication of contemporary Greek plays translated into English. The aim is to make contemporary Greek theatre accessible to international artists and audience.
The four most recent plays by Pavlos Matesis
(the 2000 award of the Greek Drama Critics):
Pavlos Matesis enjoys an international reputation as a playwright, novelist and translator. His novels have been translated into more than ten languages and have been loved by readers from around the world. This volume though is his first presence in the English language and the first presentation of his theatre plays outside Greece. Arcadia Books will publish very soon his internationally best selling novel “The Daughterâ€.
The first ever series of publications of Greek contemporary plays translated into English
Published by ARCADIA BOOKS © 2002, ISBN: 1-900850-53-2
Sponsored by:
Ministry of Culture of Greece
The Hellenic Foundation, London
A weekend of Contemporary Greek play readings
Tristan Bates Theatre, London, May 2009
REASONS TO HIDE by Nina Rapi, directed by Olivier Pierre
A visceral and lyrical exploration of power and intimacy. When things get tough who can you trust?
WHO ARE OUR NEW FRIENDS? By Elena Penga, directed by Nicola Samer
Killing is easy for me. What I do is like taking photographs.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP by Penny Fylaktaki, directed by Alex Rodgers
Scoring a goal does not mean winning the game!
SEA BLUE by Andreas Flourakis, directed by Dan Barnard
Just when you decide that youre in control of the situation, you find out you are not.
FOOD by Sakis Serefas, directed by Eva Melas
A play about this edible thing called life!
EARTH AND FIRE by Chryssa Spilioti, directed by Dionysis Papadopoulos
What would happen if a Muslim found himself in the Christian heaven?
Greek Theatre of the 21st Century
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London, November 2003
EDGEWISE by Nina Rapi, directed by Anastasia Revi
In a remote village by the borders, the limits of family relationships are tested.
TOWARDS ELEUSIS by Pavlos Matesis, directed by Erica Whyman
A family journey exposes hidden truths in this haunting tale of love and loss. Based on William Faulkner’s ‘As I Lay Dying’.
THE PHOENIX AND ITS CHICKEN by Andreas Flourakis, directed by Richard Twyman
An unforgiving and blackly comic story of elusive identities and illicit desires. Presented with the kind permission of the Royal Court Theatre.
LOT’S WIFE by Marios Pontikas, directed by Julek Neumann
The players of an extraordinary love triangle descend into madness in their quest for redemption.
TIME IS ALWAYS ON TIME by Mihail Anthis, directed by Anastasia Revi
A psychological power game, a test of human endurance or just a simple way out?
Plays by Pavlos Matesis
Soho Theatre and Writers’ Centre, London, March 2002
A reading of the four most recent plays by Pavlos Matesis (Greek Drama Critics Award, 2000), included in the 2nd volume of Contemporary Greek Theatre, directed by Anastasia Revi. The plays explore existential themes of life, death and immortality of the soul through myth and reality and the relationship between the two.
