In 1971, Athol Fugard chose three actors and embarked on a new project. It marked a complete change of direction in his process. It would not be a written play - the whole piece would be improvised, taking the myth of Orestes, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon and Electra and connecting it to the South African reality of a bomb placed on the Johannesburg station by a young man, John Harris, driven to this action by his despair at the system of Apartheid, which oppressed South Africa's Black, Coloured and Indian populations.
The bomb killed a 77-year-old woman and badly injured her seven-year old granddaughter and 22 others.

The process resulted in much controversy and an extraordinary performance piece, which can never be restaged.

Photographer, Brian Astbury, spent three days in the rehearsal room, documenting the production.
It was a life-changing experience. As a result he went on to found The Space - South Africa's first non-racial, commercial Theatre/Art venue – in 1972. This was the seed-bed from which many of a South Africa's greatest theatre and writing talents grew. Among many others: Fatima Dike, John Kani, Winston Ntshona, Pieter-Dirk Uys.
This book sets out to record and commemorate this production.