Stone Cottage Theatre Presents OCTAVIA Thru 10/31

The Stone Cottage Theatre presents OctaviA by Curiatius Maternus through October 31, 2011.

A World Premiere of the Roman tragedy from circa 75 AD. It is the true story of Octavia and Nero and their doomed relationship. Octavia was Nero's first wife. Though she is in love with the very young Nero, she discovers that her spouse was complicit in the death of her brother Brittanicus who should have inherited the throne. To complicate matters further Nero has fallen out of love with her and wishes to pursue a different relationship. If she agrees to divorce him she will lose all her power over Rome. If she stays with him she is afraid that he might possibly arrange her death. Nero, on the other hand, knows he is unpopular since he married into the royal family and was assigned as emperor. He is afraid because the public favors Octavia; if he were to divorce her, or should anything happen to her, he will be overthrown or murdered. This play was never performed because Maternus angered the Roman Emperor Domitian for his political writings attacking the ruling class' tyranny and was executed because of it. There is no historical or archeological record of this play ever being performed and it gives us much pleasure to present this play's first stage production.

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