The last days of a reluctant tyrant
By: by Tom Murphy
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 85
Description: An epic family drama about greed and control, telling the tragic story of the disintegration of a family, along with their estate and way of life. Arina is an ambitious woman. As a servant girl, she marries in to the degenerative family she works for; her ruthless energy saves it from bankruptcy and she expands the family estate into a land empire. Now, as a severe and hardened matriarch, she rules with an iron hand and insatiable avarice, competently managing every inch of her empire - until she begins to question herself. Resigning her power and dividing her lands between her children, she sees the family and the estate crumbling before her eyes.