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Athena Xenidou | THOK Awards | The Shadow Box - Stavros Louras

The Shadow Box (2007)

by Michael Christofer

Directed by Athena Xenidou

National Theatre of Cyprus

The play -written by actor Michael Cristofer- made its Broadway debut on March 31, 1977. It won the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pullitzer Prize for Drama.
Cristofer adapted the play for a television movie in 1980, directed by Paul Newman. It went on to win a Golden Globe and nominations for three Emmy Awards.
The play revolves around a trio of terminally ill patients, each of whom lives in a separate cottage at a hospice facility. Each is being interviewed about the process of dying. For most of the play, the interviewer is unseen, which means that characters speak directly to the audience, as if they were the interviewer.
The first dying person is Joe, a middle-aged, blue-collar family man. Joe seems well-adjusted and has accepted that he is dying. However, his wife Maggie is in denial and has not told their son Steve about his father's condition.
The second dying person is Brian, a bisexual English professor. He is being cared for by his lover, Mark. They receive a visit from Brian's flamboyant, trashy ex-wife Beverly. Beverly's presence lifts Brian's spirits but rankles Mark.
The final dying person is Felicity, an elderly, cantankerous, woman who is suffering from dementia. She is being cared for by her long-struggling, devoted daughter Agnes. Felicity is in great pain but refuses to die because she remains hopeful that her favorite daughter, Claire, will return to her soon.
The Shadow Box was directed by Athena Xenidou in 2008 for the National Theatre in Cyprus.

Starring Stavros Louras, Lenia Sorokkou, Elena Papadopoulou, Andreas Vasiliou, Popi Avraam Michalis Kazakas and Sotos Stavrakis.

It was nominated for 3 awards at the National Theatre awards where it received Best Actor for Stavros Louras
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