{"id":4150,"date":"2024-10-20T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/article\/manolis\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T11:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T11:26:17","slug":"manolis","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/article\/manolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Manolis&#8230;!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Manolis\u2026!<\/em>, subtitled \u00ab<em>A Dialogue,<\/em>\u00bb is essentially the monologue of a woman who \u00a0addresses her cat.<\/p>\n<p>The play\u2019s only character, a sixty year old widow named Maria, narrates her drama to her only companion; her cat Manolis. Her only son, Manos, was murdered during the 1974 coup d\u2019\u00e9tat in their house\u2019s back yard. Maria has to face her pain, loneliness, and social isolation, not only because her social circle has \u2013 conveniently \u2013 \u00a0labeled her \u201ccrazy,\u201d but also because the events that took place during the coup are regarded by the government (state, courts, police?) as cases one should not delve into.<\/p>\n<p>This woman\u2019s confession outlines a paradox in Cyprus\u2019 modern history, where the innocents\u2019 inhibition comes in direct contrast to the arrogance of those who attempted to overthrow democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Manolis&#8230;!<\/p>\n<p>1 female<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[12],"class_list":["post-4150","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-essays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4150","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\/4150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}