Slow Train to Izmir

Slow Train to Izmir

"Slow Train to Izmir" is a play written by Mark Angus. It has been performed at the Southwark Playhouse, where it was directed by Maggie Zolinsky. The play is based on a true story and focuses on the Anglo-Dutch archaeologist James Mellaart. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he was accused of, in turn, stealing an invaluable collection of Neolithic artefacts found near Dorak in Turkey, and then, ultimately, of fabricating their entire existence. The play deals with the Turkish press' attempts both to recover the treasure and to expose Mellaart - and the western archaeology 'industry' - as corrupt. The city mentioned in the title is presumably İzmir, Turkey.

The production at the Southwark Playhouse starred Robert Bowman, Anna-Marie Wayne and Paul Croft.

External links

* [http://www.inse1.co.uk/issues/inSE1-44.pdf inSEI1] - brief magazine blurb about the play's performance
* [http://www.annamariewayne.com] - the website of the actress Anna-Marie Wayne
* [http://www.newcriminologist.co.uk/author.asp?bio=-1011759450] - a brief biography of the playwright Mark Angus in "The Criminologist"
* [http://www.didaskalia.net/issues/vol2no1/angus.html] - an article by the playwright Mark Angus on Sophokles' "Antigone" in the online academic journal "Didaskalia - Ancient Theater Today"


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