An island in the Third World. A foreign Company exploit the natural resources and abuse the native tribe. In his rage and pain at what his people suffer, the tribal magician uses his magic craft to create a subhuman creature of clay, whom he sends to do acts of terrorism among the oppressors, to punish them and try to frighten them away. Inevitably, he has created something more than he can control... Red Sun by David Rudkin was first performed in 2003 at the Maltings, Farnham.
The text of Red Sun is published by Intellect Books (2011).
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