I’ve just seen “The Flies” written by Jean – Paul Sartre. What a great play must I say!
The plot is set up in Argos (Greece). The main character, Orestes, the son of the king, long ago killed by Aegisthus, returns to the city with his tutor to avenge the death of his father.. He returns to the city drowning in flies, the great creatures of Zeus, that are as prosperous as sins of the very comrades-residents of the city. Ruled by a murderer, and hated by the daughter of the killed king (Electra) and Orestes’ sister, the city is pretty much looks like hell on the Earth. Continue reading