Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42997 in Books
• Published on: 1996-06-20
• Original language: Spanish
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Customer Reviews

A play for our age
Death and the Maiden is one of those plays that become instant classics. It is almost like a Greek tragedy in that it deals with so much with so little effort- torture, rape,revenge, guilt, truth. It is a play that is un-cluttered with stage directions, which, if one has a good imagination, leaves room for your mind to explore the world that Dorfman creates and allows you to imagine what the characters are doing... It only has 3 characters which really makes it interesting- Dorfman keeps the tension and the drama going for the whole play while he has only these 3 characters to write about. This play hits home hard, because whether you've been raped, tortured or not, Dorfman has created characters that have elements of us all- you'll recognise yourself in at least one aspect of one character... This is a play that asks you for answers- so it is using you as an instrument in its own "life" as an interesting aspect of theatre. One for the imaginative.

very deep and incredible to act
what a fabulous play. It is so deep and it gives such an accurate portrayl of a woman undertaking the final stages of recovery from an incident that has scarred her for life. It is everyones wish to meet their tormenter from when they were young - this book describes the sinister triumph of a woman settling the score. I loved acting it.