Epstein Oratorio, or, A Modern Hymn to Demeter

von Karen Malpede

38 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Poetic and darkly comic, this exposé of the "Epstein class" unfolds against the iconic mother-daughter myth of Demeter and Persephone. Hades presides over worlds both modern and mythic, while a male chorus speaks in language drawn directly from the Epstein files and mainstream media coverage. The victims' stories are based on real accounts, while the fictional mother-daughter relationship mines the painful estrangement between women and the ways such ruptures can leave space for exploitation to flourish. Through a weave of myth and fact, the play confronts the trauma of sexual violence and imagines the possibility of societal transformation through the reparation of the bond between mothers and daughters.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher
• ISBN: 9798234189660
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2026
• Größe: 191 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Tough Poets Review Inc