The play takes place in Cyprus, at two different time lines: around 1998, the time of a huge stock exchange soaring, and around 2010, the start of an economic crisis and also a peak in betting activity, appearance of online casinos, etc. A group of four friends (Stelios, Michalis, Panicos, and Costas), aged around 30, meet every Saturday, at their hangout and play \u201cbelote\u201d (a card game). Michalis\u2019s brother, Modestos, a senior high school student joins them. They discuss various matters: women, the card game, the stock exchange, politics, their dreams. Stelios, exuberant and optimistic, is the centre of attention. We meet the same group in 2010, around a table again, playing belote. Stelios is however absent; he was killed a year ago. The game is interrupted by Margarita, Stelios\u2019s widow, who has something quite serious she needs to say to them.<\/p>\n
Translations<\/u><\/p>\n
– English (Anthi Zachariadou)<\/p>\n
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La Belote<\/p>\n
5 male – 1 female<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[12],"class_list":["post-4290","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-essays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4290","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\/4290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-theatre.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}