Fortunatos (‘lucky’) by Markos Antonios Foskolos is one of the three surviving comedies of the Cretan Renaissance theatre (the other two are Katsourbos by G.Hortatsis and Stathis), and is perhaps the most “theatrical” of all because of its descriptive means, the comic characters, and its direct way of expression. It is written in the eastern Cretan dialect of the time, during the period that Turks besieged the Venetian city of Candia-Kastro. It comes down to us through the manuscript of the poet himself, which is dated around 1655. We have a lot of biographical information about Markantonios Foskolos, thanks to the tireless research of the main researcher of his work, Mr. Alfred Vincent.

Director: Antony Preantonakis
Costumes: Desislava Topalva
Music: Dimitris Chatzakis
Drama Consultant: Tasoula Markomichelaki

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