Overview

Margherita Sarfatti and Benito Mussolini, former lovers, meet after a three-year separation. Il Duce suddenly appears at her door as she attempts to leave the country. What does he want? What does she want? The play takes place during a three-day encounter in 1939. Margherita is trying to leave the country when a mysterious man wearing a mask arrives. He is her former lover, Benito Mussolini. They spar back and forth, and then we immediately learn that there is a love hate relationship, with more hate than love on Margherita's part. A number of bizarre incidents follow. She is well aware of what he wants--the 1300 letters he has sent her during their 25-year affair. He knows she wants out of the county. And he does play with her mind.