The Reunification of the Two Koreas

‘’The Reunification of the Two Koreas’’ is a witty and poetic play written with tenderness and understanding of an actor who writes for the actors. Paolo Magelli is a director who skilfully assembles formally dispersed texts such as this one and condenses them, expertly emphasizing their dramatic and ludic character. Pommerat’s writing is ‘’bitter-sweet’’, as if the French author pokes fun at the melodramatic matrix, but doesn’t mock it, instead inventively questioning it. Translated by Vanda Mikšić, the most recent recipient of the ‘’Iso Velikanović’’ Award for her translation of Georges Perec, ‘’The Reunification of the Two Koreas’’ is a play – ‘’a praise of love’’, playful and open to an emotional encounter with the viewer. Performances of contemporary French plays are a rare thing in Croatian theatre which makes ‘’The Reunification of the Two Koreas’’ all the more interesting...