Out of the Wings

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Dos viejos pánicos (c.1967), Virgilio Piñera

Titles
English title: Two Old People in a Panic
Date written: c. 1967
First production date: 1990
Keywords: family > marriage, power > inter-personal/game play, art > theatre, madness, forgetting, Playing
Pitch

‘Two old people are terrified of death.  To deal with their fear they play games all day long pretending to be dead.’

By Kate Eaton

Editions
  • Piñera, Virgilio. 2002. Teatro completo, ed. Rine Leal. La Habana, Cuba, Letras Cubanas

Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 18 June 2012.

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