The wedding of a young couple is about to take place in a traditional chapel in a picturesque rural setting.\u00a0 Because of a sudden snow-storm which blocks national roads, the Groom and upcoming MP, the pregnant Bride, the groom\u2019s Mother, and Roulis, the bride\u2019s father and former immigrant who\u2019s now among the nouveau-riche, drift away from the train of cars which would bring them to the wedding and end up in the wrong chapel, quite a few kilometers away from their destination.\u00a0 The only two other persons there is the Priest, who is desperately looking for a congregation, and the Foreigner, who has found shelter from the snowstorm.\u00a0 Soon the snow level blocks the exit, electricity and telecommunications are cut off.\u00a0 The six of them are snow-bound and forced to wait until the storm subsides and rescue units find them.\u00a0 They have to struggle against time, cold, hunger but most of all against their true self which lurks wild in the shadows, when appearances can no longer be kept and the masks come off.\u00a0 Roulis\u2019 obsession with his Mercedes, the Priest\u2019s gluttony, the pretence of a wedding whose purpose is to camouflage the Bride\u2019s pregnancy and the Groom\u2019s real sexual preferences, and the Mother\u2019s silent complicity are discovered by the Foreigner, who pays for this discovery with his life.\u00a0 His murder is followed by cannibalism, as the five ones remaining will do anything to stay alive.\u00a0 When several days later rescue units arrive on the spot, the five survivors feature on newspaper headlines and TV bulletins as the heroes of the day.\u00a0 The Foreigner and the secret of his death are forever buried in the chapel and in the bed of their conscience.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The play has been translated in English by Thaleia Bistika.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Greek History Lessons<\/p>\n
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