Ariel Dorfman Thriller Is Topic on March 9th
The Stratford Library’s monthly “Script Talk!” program will present its “Women’s History Month” selection with Ariel Dorfman’s gripping thriller, “Death and the Maiden”, on Tuesday, March 9th beginning at noon. The drama and film discussion series, currently in its 25th season, remains one of the library’s most popular ongoing adult programs. It is free and open to the public.
“Death and the Maiden” is set in a country that has only recently returned to democracy. Gerardo Escobar has just been chosen to head the commission that will investigate the crimes of the old regime when his car breaks down and he is picked up by the humane doctor Roberto Miranda. But in the voice of this good Samaritan, Gerardo’s wife, Paulina, thinks she recognizes another man – the one who raped and tortured her as she lay blindfolded in a military detention center years before. Relentlessly paced and filled with lethal surprises, “Death and the Maiden” is an inquest into the darker side of humanity – one in which everyone is implicated and justice itself comes to seem like a fragile, perhaps ambiguous invention.
“Script Talk!” will begin at noon on March 9th in the library’s Lovell Room. The 1994 film version of the play, directed by Roman Polansky and starring Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley, will be shown after the talk. Discussion is moderated by area theatre and library programming director Tom Holehan. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch to the program – coffee and tea will be served.
For further information, call the Stratford Library’s Public Relations and Programming Office at 203.385.4162.
Stratford Library Association
2203 Main St., Stratford, CT 06615
203-385-4164
