The Last Days Of Socrates

At a glance

The Last Days Of Socrates, is a 1998 Lebanese play, directed by Marwan Rahbani, and starring William Haswani, huda haddad, Carole Samaha. with a runtime of 150 minutes.

Overview

The Last Days of Socrates is an Arabic stage production that dramatizes the life and trial of Socrates, the founding father of Western philosophy. The play interweaves his story with the wider history of Athens — a city of intellectual greatness that found itself under the shadow of Spartan occupation. Staging these parallel struggles, the production explores enduring themes of truth, state power, and the price of intellectual courage, asking audiences to consider what it means to stand by one's convictions against the weight of political authority and societal pressure.

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