List of works Plays | The master builder Plot The folk legend about the Bridge of Arta forms the core of the plot. Despite the gloomy predictions made by the builders and villagers, the bridge is completed, and the Master Builder is sure it will not collapse. When the Noble asks him what reward he …
List of works Plays | Odisseas Plot In general terms this work follows the final books of Homer’s Odyssey, though its debt to Hauptmann’s Bow of Odysseus has also been pointed out. Odysseus returns to Ithaca after an absence of twenty years, on the day Penelope has decided to marry the man who can draw …
List of works Plays | Prometheus (trilogy) Plot Prometheus the Fire Bearer Following the Battle of the Titans, Zeus demands that Prometheus submit to his authority, forgetting that he managed to win thanks to the latter’s assistance. Irate that Zeus has broken his promises and annihilated mankind, Prometheus refuses to comply. He fashions a man …
List of works Plays | Sodom and Gomorrah Plot God tells Abraham that he is going to annihilate Sodom and Gomorrah. Following lengthy entreaties, the old man manages to secure the salvation of Lot, the only just man among the inhabitants of the sinful cities. As Abraham is on his way to tell him, Lot …
List of works Plays | Fasga Plot Loris, an atheist doctor and playwright, has an illicit relationship with a femme fatale named Eleni, who is his assistant. Following a heated clash with his wife Maria, he abandons his family and leaves with his mistress. A few years later, as a successful playwright, he is living …
List of works Plays | Christos Plot The master of ceremonies enters the church, and asks all those who should not be present at the miracle which is about to follow to leave – meaning those taking catechism, women, children and those not pure in body and soul. Strong, clear-headed men remain; the master of …
List of works Plays | Christopher Columbus or The Golden Apple Plot At the Monastery of the Vrigin Mary of the Atlantic, don Alonso proposes to the Abbot and Father Juan that he undertake a voyage to a distant land in search of gold; to that end, he is looking for a map that the …