The Pub

Synopsis: 

A three-act play.

In the first act, we find ourselves in a mountainous village in the middle of nowhere. Contemporary time. Four men and a woman. The place clenches the protagonists like a vice. It creates impasses. Under pressure, inevitable violence erupts. Inevitable?

In the second act, three of the protagonists from the first act are initially missing, replaced by others who are... almost identical looking. The place is indeterminate. Like in an ancient tragedy, we learn what happened in the first act for what we haven't seen. The second act is permeated by a mist, something like a mystery, perhaps metaphysical or magically realistic, if you prefer.

In the third act, all the questions are resolved. The first and second acts converge intellectually, and each character takes their rightful place. The play speaks, like almost of drama works, about life and death. However, it attempts to take a step beyond that, into what some, perhaps only philosophically, call the hereafter.

The play is written following the lines of pure realism. As much as it may seem to deviate slightly in the second act, the third act restores order both in form and content.

The PUB

Characters:

Gousias:

Age & Gender: Late 50s or older, Male.

Physical Description: Wears the weariness of the village.

Personality Traits: With a lust for money and a better life.  Simple and innocent. 

Motivations/Goals: Seeks to change his life.

Kolias:

Age & Gender: Late 50s or older, Male.

Physical Description: Solid and weathered, a reflection of the harshness of the mountainous terrain.

Personality Traits: Stoic, with a simmering tension beneath the surface. Humorous. 

Motivations/Goals: Struggles with the need for respect and friendship. 

Micho:

Age & Gender: Late 40s, Male.

Physical Description: Displays a raw intensity, a manifestation of the pressure and violence in the village.

Personality Traits: Impulsive and instinct-driven, Micho's actions catalyze the unfolding drama.

Motivations/Goals: Grapples with the consequences of his extramarital affair and seeks resolution.

Owner of the Pub:

Age & Gender: Late-50s or older, Male.

Physical Description: Exudes weariness from managing the village's central hub.

Personality Traits: Pragmatic, aware of the village's unrest, and deeply affected by personal betrayal.

Motivations/Goals: Driven to madness by the affair, seeks a horrific resolution to the turmoil.

Wife of the Owner of the Pub:

Age & Gender: Mid-40s, Female.

Physical Description: Wears the fatigue of supporting her husband, hiding a secret affair with Micho.

Personality Traits: Compassionate and nurturing on the surface, concealing inner turmoil.

Motivations/Goals: Confronts the consequences of her actions, paying the ultimate price for her betrayal.

Then, at the place called hereafter, or the land beyond, at the afterlife , these characters change and cannot be described but only by the apocalypse, the revelation of the truth at the end.