Scandal not only sell papers…It also can also make for cutting edge, contemporary theatre.
Prominent Israeli playwright Edna Mazya’s play on a scandal GAMES IN THE BACKYARD, based on the gang rape on a 14 year old girl that took
“Beware the Ides of March” beseeches the soothsayer in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Hubris had the warning go unheeded and a political assassination ensued.
George Clooney’s latest producing/writing/directing/acting gig, THE IDES OF MARCH (M) is based on a play called FARRAGUT