Botticelli

Botticelli is a one-act play written by Terrence McNally, initially broadcast on television in 1968. Productions Botticelli was first broadcast by Channel Thirteen in New York City on March 14 and 15, 1968, on the television show New York Television Theatre. Botticelli was one of three one-act plays, under the overall title of Apple Pie (the other two were Tour and Next), which focused on the Vietnam War. It was directed by Glenn Jordan and starred Kevin O'Connor and Roy London. Botticelli was presented on stage at the outdoor Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga Canyon, California in July and August 1986. Overview During the Vietnam War, two soldiers wait in the jungle to kill an enemy Vietcong fighter. While they wait they play the game of Botticelli. The enemy appears and the soldiers kill him, all the while continuing to play the game. The civilized and cultured nature of the game contrasts ironically with the brutal indifference of war.