New play breaks agitprop format | IMGpapers 1976

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Even a subject like the frustration of the single, male immigrant who resorts to prostitutes for human contact is given the same treatment. is all part or in "mercenary relationships' of capitalism, ine actors mion us. They attempt te convey the flavour of this social relationship by having a prostitute say do you want my vagina here or downstairs?'

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GAST by Alfio Bernabei, a play about the causes and effects of migration.