"An Angel Descends in Babylon" play poster and brochure (METU Players, 1989)

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1989

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt's theater play "An Angel Descends in Babylon", judgment, justice, crime and deals with themes such as sin. The play takes place in a courtroom and involves a murder case. focuses on. However, the events are not like an ordinary murder case; deeper and It is complicated. The game takes place in a courtroom, where the judge, prosecutor, lawyers and witnesses are present. starts. A man is accused of murdering a young girl and is in the courtroom is being tried. However, events are complex and the facts are not clear. While the judge, prosecutor and lawyers listen to witnesses and examine the evidence, they determine what actually happened. They try to understand. However, each witness statement and each piece of evidence makes the incident more complicated. makes it happen. It is unclear what the crime was and who the real murderer was. As the game progresses, events become more complicated and take unexpected turns. Person the complexity of nature, the relativity of justice and the fine line between crime and innocence questions. Ultimately, it makes the viewer think how relative reality and justice are. It offers an experience. "An Angel Descends in Babylon" is an impressive work shaped by the absurd style of Friedrich Dürrenmatt. It is a theater play. The play aims to make the audience think and discuss human nature in a way that is open to discussion. It invites us to look at the complexity of nature and the relativity of justice.

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METU theater plays, Art on campus, An Angel Descends in Babylon

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/106010
https://bellek.metu.edu.tr/handle/11511/106010

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METU Bellek, Multimedia