The Life Of Timon Of Athens, co-written by William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton, holds a unique place in the Bard’s canon – a biting social satire about friendship as a commodity to be bought and sold, in a world where the greatest sin of all is debt.

 

In director David Hansen’s adaptation, Timon is the most admired man on campus, whose boundless generosity leads him to ruin. Betrayed by his friends, he abandons civilization and goes “back to the land”. As unrest grows in Athens, both sides appeal for his help.  Set in a certain state university in 1970, against a backdrop of unpopular war and student unrest, The Life of Timon of Athens is a hilarious history of hip hypocrisy.