I wrote the play “Daughter of Venus” in 1985 in the mist of the Cold War, and I wanted to use a family drama to say something a



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Transcript of play Daughter of Venus
Voice of playwright Howard Zinn:

I wrote the play Daughter of Venus in 1985 in the mist of the Cold War, and I wanted to use a family drama to say something about the arms race.


Voice of actor Stephen Russell as Lendl:

“Sure the Cold War is over, but now there’s a new enemy: Terrorism.”


Voice of playwright Howard Zinn:

Terrorism has replaced Communism as the excuse for intervening militarily in other countries in the world.


Voice of actor Stephen Russell as Lendl:

“So the problem becomes where can we have a military base with no local opposition?”


Voice of playwright Howard Zinn:

In my play, a question arises about a new weapon aimed from space at some point on Earth. I didn’t make this up. The United States government is making plans to use space as a platform for launching weapons and speaks proudly about the fact that from space they could precisely aim a bomb.


Well, the fact is there’s no such thing as a precision weapon. In other words, you can precisely bomb an automobile, but you don’t know who’s in the car. So that all the talk about precision bombing is a coverup for the indiscriminate killing of people by bombing.

Voice of actor Ken Cheeseman as Paolo:

“You realize this is a chance to take care, in one stroke, of the medical bills for your mother.”


Voice of actress Angie Jepson as Aramintha:

“So it comes down to money, this proposition.”


Voice of actor Ken Cheeseman as Paolo:

“It is not that simple.”


Voice of playwright Howard Zinn:

War has always been profitable for corporations that make weapons, and if you consider that leaders of government get their financial support from corporations, then you find that the motive of corporate profit becomes a very powerful factor in leading nations to go to war.


Voice of actress Angie Jepson as Aramintha:

“When you join the king’s council, it’s a way of silencing you. You won’t be able to disagree with his policies. You’ll be powerless.”



Voice of playwright Howard Zinn:

The important thing is for all of us not to fall into the trap of serving the interests of those people who only care for profit and power. So one of the themes in my play is the question of whether a scientist, in this case Paolo, should put his knowledge at the service of a government.


Voice of actor Ken Cheeseman as Paolo:

“Good can never prevail over power.”


Voice of actress Angie Jepson as Aramintha:

“You once told me, in nature, tiny things so small you can’t see build up and build up, and suddenly a miracle takes place.”


Voice of playwright Howard Zinn:

When people being to think for themselves or when people are inspired by somebody else’s thinking, as Paolo is in fact moved by his daughter, they will be able then to resist seductions of people in power.
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