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First published January 1, 1979
The Suede Jacket is an absurdist play by Bulgarian playwright Stanislav Stratiev which I discovered while watching a favourite 90's Greek series. It shows the absurdity that existed and still exists in the realm of bureaucracy.
A absurdist play that satirizes the absurdity of bureaucracy. Something we have all experienced.
For example, I was trying for 6 months to prove that I am a permanent resident of Cyprus and in the end I did not meet the conditions. After all, of which country am I a permanent resident of? Mozambique?
The same goes for the hero of the play. Because he goes to a shepherd to trim his excessively woolen (suede) jacket, the government charges him with sheep tax and so begins his Odyssey in the sea of bureaucracy trying to prove the opposite.
At times funny, at times real and tragic.
I’m glad I read my first Bulgarian writer by learning about him from a favourite series. And his play is part of a favourite genre of mine, The Theatre of the Absurd