{"id":4017,"date":"2024-10-20T15:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T15:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/article\/cadenza-for-an-actor-and-a-violin\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T11:24:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T11:24:39","slug":"cadenza-for-an-actor-and-a-violin","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/article\/cadenza-for-an-actor-and-a-violin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadenza for an Actor and a Violin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man&#8217;s need to feel important.<\/p>\n<p>An artist&#8217;s need to overcome mediocrity.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;cursed&#8221; relationship of a musician with his art, as this unfolds through another musician\u2019s life narrative \u2013 one who also acts as the hero\u2019s alter ego. A leading character in the play is the &#8220;other&#8221; man, who never appears on stage.<\/p>\n<p>This play is inspired by the life and work of composer Nikos Skalkotas. After a conscious dramaturgical choice which led to the specific dramatic form, he does not, however, exist as dramatic persona; his presence is indicated indirectly, through a violinist who remains hidden, playing live music whenever it is deemed dramaturgically necessary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cadenza for an Actor and a Violin<\/p>\n<p>1 male &#8211; 1 violinist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[11],"class_list":["post-4017","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}