| The play passes in the 17th century Italy. A count, Signor Monteverdi, lost a big amount when gambling and so he got into a huge debt. If he can't pay it back, everything he has will be taken away from him. To solve this problem, count visits a magician, Metastasio, who lives in an island surrounded by marsh land. This play got "The Best Play Award" in a National Playwriting Contest in Istanbul. It is partly published in the "Absinthe New European Writing Journal" in the USA. It is a text written in the tradition of Italian Commedia dell'Arte which was a popular form of improvisational theatre which began in the 16th century. This two-act play by the author Mehmet Murat ildan was published in Istanbul (in Turkish) by the MitosBOYUT Yayinevi in 2000.
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