Brimming with konfidenz The play that made his name has now been filmed by Roman Polanski. But there is more to Ariel Dorfman than Death and the Maiden. Clare Bayley reports

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: February 10, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

"Can you write a tragedy in our times? That's the question I ask myself. My answer is, I'm trying - but how do you make sure you're not writing a melodrama?" This is what's bothering Ariel Dorfman, the man many would say pre-eminently succeeded wi th Death and the Maiden. There's no doubt it's a tragedy - the story of a South American torture victim, Paulina, who accidentally encounters her old torturer and enacts her own kind of justice upon him. Yet despite its macabre subject, the play has stru ck a chord with contemporary audiences. Productions are being mounted in theatres from Bolton to ...

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