The play takes us through two historical events happening at the same time: Marquis de Sade’s longtime imprisonment, a result of accusations of immoral sexual practices, and the years before the start of the French Revolution as well as the first months after its outbreak.
With the French Revolution as the backdrop, an event that was to change the western world, Mishima brings together six women, six different personalities, on a conversation about ethics, morals, societal norms and freedom. While Marquis de Sade never actually appears in the play, his extreme and noncomformist personality acts as the ideal catalyst that brings Mishima’s six heroines to a clash while striving to discern the limit between prudishness and dignity.
Creation Team
Translation: Panagiotis Evangelidis
Dramaturgy: Dimitris Tsekouras – Orestis Tatsis
Director: Orestis Tatsis
Set Design: Constantinos Zamanis
Costume Design: Bianca Nikolareizi
Lighting: Lefteris Pavlopoulos
Music: Tilemachos Mousas
Assistant Director: Stelios Patsias
Cast
Baroness Simiane: Panos Rokidis
Comtesse De Saint-Fond: Anatoli Athanasiadou
Charlotte: Dafni Kafetzi
Madame Montreille, Renée’s mother: Maria Tsima
Renée, Madame de Sade: Eleni Kalara
Anne, Renée’s younger sister: Viki Kalpaka
SFENDONI Theater, Makri 4, Athens, Metro Station Akropolis
Tel. 2109246692
