ABOVE - THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND TO CHILE IN 1973
SEPTEMBER 11TH 1973 - THE CIA BACKED GENERAL PINOCHET IN A COUP AGAINST THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT SALVADOR ALLENDE.
BELOW - HOW THE FOOTBALL STADIUM BUILT TO CELEBRATE 'THE BEAUTIFUL GAME' BECAME A PRISON OF TORTURE AND MURDER.
GENERAL PINOCHET ARRESTED THOUSANDS OF CHILEAN PEOPLE HE SUSPECTED OF BEING LOYAL TO THE MURDERED PRESIDENT ALLENDE.
IN THE PLAY DEATH AND THE MAIDEN - PAULINA AND GERARDO (FICTIONAL CHARACTERS IN A FICTIONAL PLAY INSPIRED BY REAL POLITICAL EVENTS)
TIMELINE
1970 ALLENDE ELECTED IN A FREE DEMOCRATIC ELECTION
1973 GENERAL PINOCHET SEIZES POWER IN A MILITARY COUP. THE ELECTED PRESIDENT DIES OF GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD IN HIS OFFICE.
1990 - THE MILITARY AGREES TO GIVE PERMISSION FOR A RETURN TO DEMOCRACY.
BUT GENERAL PINOCHET IS PROMISED IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION FOR HIS LIFETIME. ALSO THE MILITARY ARE ALLOWED TO KEEP ONE THIRD OF ALL SEATS IN THE PARLIAMENT - WITHOUT STANDING FOR ELECTION.
DORFMAN RETURNS TO CHILE 1990 - SEE HIS AFTERWORD TO THE PLAY.
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DRAMA SOCIETY
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