The Greek National Theatre is demonstrating its practical support for quality regional theatre by staging (in collaboration with the State Regional Theatres of Thessaloniki, Serres and Komotini) D. K. Vyzantious classic comedy Babylonia, which remains topical and touches on many important issues of today.
In Nafplion in 1827, Greeks from Asia Minor, the Peloponnese, Chios, Crete and Cyprus, as well as an Arvanite and a scholar from Kos, hear the news that Ibrahims fleet has been destroyed. They decide to celebrate the happy event with a party at an inn. In their patriotic fervour they drink too much, however, and the hot-tempered Arvanite, not understanding the dialect of the Cretan and believing that he has insulted him, injures him with a pistol. When the police arrive, Inspector Dionysios Fantes from the Ionian Islands interviews the witnesses. However, despite his experience in interrogation, he is unable to determine whether the wounding of the Cretan is premeditated or accidental, since he cannot understand the various dialects of the witnesses, and they cannot understand his...
First performance: 29 & 30 June, Serres (Open Theatre, Serres ΤΕΙ)
creation team
cast
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Taxiarhis Hanos
Anatolian -
Thanos Dovris
Peloponnesian -
Panagiotis Panagopoulos
Chiot -
Nikos Tournakis
Cretan -
Aris Tsampalikas
Arvanite -
Stratos Pavlidis
Cypriot -
Kostas Vasardanis
Scholar -
Thymios Koukios
Chiot innkeeper -
Pantelis Dentakis
Ionian policeman -
Kostas Korakis
Police clerk -
Erato Pissi
Kanella (the Cretans sweetheart) -
Vasia Christou
Garoufo (Kanellas old nurse) -
Tassos Dimitropoulos
Waiter, Gerasimos (a soldier)