The production utilized texts by French Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus in addition to portions of text from a book that was written by November 17 group hitman Savvas Xiros.
The nationally funded theatre stated that the message of the play was that "there was no ideological justification for homicide," adding that the decision to cancel the final performance was made to avoid conveying the impression that it backed "criminals forever condemned in the conscience of the Greek people."
Apparently, threats of violence were made against the actors and theatregoers.
