... maniac using clever disguises (hidden in numerous carrier bags) presents himself as a distinguished judge to the police. They then begin to 'iron out the creases' of the statement they made to the high court, regarding the 'accidental' death of an anarchist, who, according to the police, was seized by a 'raptus' and threw himself from the window to a gruesome death. The play follows the policemen as the Maniac leads them into dis-closing their involvement in the death of the anarchist. The Maniac then sheds his disguises to reveal himself to the police and a journalist (Maria Feletti) as a controversial writer of the extreme left-wing. The Maniac handcuffs the police force to the window frame, sets a bomb, and leaves Maria Fellettti with a life-changing decision, to leave the policemen to die or to save them; the play has two alternative endings, depicting the two paths she could ...

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