The Chronicle of Cyprus by Leontios Machairas

THEPAK’s historical world-premiere production of the most important narrative (and potentially stageworthy) work of Medieval and Modern Cypriot literature, “Recital concerning the Sweet Land of Cyprus entitled Cronica, that is Chronicle”. Awarded at the Ithaca Festival in 1998, this production has had more than 50 performances in Cyprus, in Greece and in other countries, the latest one being held last April in Catalonia, the birthplace of the legendary Queen of Cyprus, Eleonora, in the framework of the events marking the 25th anniversary of the Department of Modern Greek at the State School of Foreign Languages in Barcelona.

The production received high critical acclaim and was characterised as a “major philological and theatrical event” (Yorgos Hatzdakis, “Kathimerini” Daily, Athens, July 19, 1998). Apart from the positive critical reviews in the Cypriot and Greek press, the production was also praised internationally, while its significance for the awareness of the people of Cyprus of their history was emphasises by the distinguished Professor of Medieval History at the Cardiff University, Peter W. Erbury (Journal of Medieval History, vol. 25, issue I, 1999). In his analytical critical review, published in the Spanish philological journal “Erytheia, Revista de Estudios Bizantinos y Neogriegos” (vol. 20, Madrid, 1999), the Catalan Modern Greek scholar Eusebi Ayensa i Prat noted, among other things, that “the production highlights one of the most important works of Medieval Cypriot literature, which precedes similar works of the Cretan Renaissance”.

Theatrical Workshop of the University of Cyprus

Adaptation - stage direction: Michalis Pieris
Music: Antonis Xylouris-Psarantonis
Song lyrics: Michalis Pieris
Song composition: Evagoras Karagiorgis
Set and costumes: Christos Lysiotis
Lighting: Grigoris Papageorgiou
Production manager, assistant director: Stamatia Laoumtzi