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Titles

English title: False Alarm
Date written: c. 1957
Keywords: morality > crime, morality > honour, morality > punishment, morality > judgement, morality > justice-revenge, morality > vice-virtue, violence > crime, power > inter-personal/game play, power > use and abuse, art > theatre > metatheatre
Genre and type: comedy, absurdist

Pitch

‘A murderer faces the Judge and his victim’s widow.  He does not get the justice he expects.’ by Kate Eaton

Editions

• Piñera, Virgilio. 2002. Teatro completo, ed. Rine Leal. La Habana, Cuba, Letras Cubanas

Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 18 June 2012.

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