The unbelievable story of Bucephalus, the legendary war horse of Alexander the
\nGreat, who becomes a lawyer in the Justice Ministry. In the middle of the night, there
\nis a knock on the door. A stranger arrives at the ‘Half Knight’ inn and requests a
\nroom. He introduces himself as Bucephalus, the former horse of Alexander the Great
\nand now a lawyer. The rumor of the stranger’s arrival quickly spreads among the
\ninhabitants of the inn. A sudden war that erupts ‘shuffles all the cards’ and forces
\nBucephalus, the lawyer horse, to choose between the law and justice, with a series
\nof decisions that will seal his fate.
\nThis is a play about the conflict between the human and the savage, between the
\nindividual and the collective\u2014a story about mankind.<\/p>\n
The play is inspired by Franz Kafka’s short story ‘The New Advocate’<\/p>\n
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