Book description
First performed in Galati, Romania, in 1996, Victor Cilinca's Polonius
is a play of political machination, social aspiration, treachery, and
self-deception, set during the events of Hamlet. The play's relevance
has escalated since it was first performed, with its barbed commentary
on the media's role in shaping our society being more incisive now than
ever before. Translated into English by Petru Iamandi and Richard
Wright, Cilinca's Polonius reflects our world through a Shakespearean
looking glass, the better to see it afresh.
