A European Playwright Writing In English
The Minotaur
The Minotaur (2007) concerns the relationship between Pablo Picasso and his three mistresses in Paris in 1945/46, after the liberation of the city from Nazi occupation.
One of the mistresses, Marie Therese Walter, has a child by him, one of them, Dora Maar, has a mental breakdown, and the youngest of them, Francoise Gilot, is determined to oust the other two.
Meanwhile, Picasso paints The Charnel House and La Femme Fleur. He also sells his paintings to a homosexual American GI who also falls in love with Dora Maar...
Cast: 3 men, 3 women
Production history: Moving Parts, 5th April 2009, 1st Arrondisement, Paris
