THEME: The struggle for human individuality within a disturbed reality
N° OF CHARACTERS: 11 (8 male and 3 female)
N° OF ACTS:2
SETTING: A mental home
TIME: The present
WRITTEN IN: 1981

SUMMARY:
The Thespian known as Actor arrives at the psychiatric ward, where all the patients immagine themselves to be someone else. Actor had long prepared to play the role of Hamlet but, because of various intrigues, had never actually done so. Actor becomes close with Socrates, who knows he is not really the old philosopher but completely understands Actor's conviction that he is Hamlet. The ward doctor treats his patients without the use of medication and that causes conflict between him and a colleague, who inclines to more conservative treatment. The doctor gives Actor an oppurtunity to put on his version of Hamlet, leaving the role of director to Socrates. A series of witty scenes ensue in which it becomes clear who is really crazy, and whether this is an asylum in dreams or a dream in an asylum. The premiere of the play takes place in front of a select audience, with the aim of convincing them as to the efficacy of the treatment method. The brief version of Hamlet is a Mousetrap of sorts, made up of short scenes and witty twists and turns, followed by an act of magnificent death. The guests applaud the piece with delight, but the drama has an unexpected denouncement.

The play was premiered at the Zagreb CNT during the 1982/83 theatre season. It won the RSIZ drama creativity promotion prize in 1982. The play has been translated into English.

THEME: A close encounter between the powers-that-be and artists, to whom any type of power is completely foreign.
N° OF CHARACTERS: 3 (2 male, 1 female)
N° OF ACTS: 1
SETTING: A railway station, a Police Inspector's office, a Cabinet Minister's office
TIME: The recent past and the present
WRITTEN IN: 2001

SUMMARY:
Writer, who has been under police observation for years as a branded nationalist, arrives for his customary security service interview with the Inspector. Fearful of great political changes after the Berlin Wall comes down, Inspector tries to become close with Writer, assuring him that he has been doing his job against his will. After the political changes do take place, Inspector joins the opposition while Writer's wife tries to talk him into migration to a more peaceful and democratic country. Happy that he will now finally be able to write freely in his own country, Writer refuses to go and his wife leaves him. The new political circumstances bring Inspector to the position of minister, and he invites Writer to his office, offering him his services. Writer asks for help in getting his play performed. Asking about the play, Inspector learns how Writer has described in it his personal drama with the wife who left him and the long-term drama of his relationship with Inspector. A wistful comedy in which authentic artists remain eternal dissidents.

The play is dedicated to the late Vlado Gotovac, the universally respected Croatian poet, dissident and politician.