test ΝΙΚΟΣ ΖΑΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ: ΕΝΑΣ ΙΑΤΡΟΣ ΠΟΥ ΕΓΡΑΦΕ ΘΕΑΤΡΙΚΑ ΕΡΓΑ Ή ΕΝΑΣ ΘΕΑΤΡΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΑΣ ΠΟΥ ΕΓΡΑΦΕ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΑ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ; [NIKOS ZAKOPOULOS: A DOCTOR WHO WROTE PLAYS OR A PLAYWRIGHT WHO WROTE MEDICAL BOOKS?]|ΠΑΡΑΒΑΣΙΣ/PARABASIS

ΝΙΚΟΣ ΖΑΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ: ΕΝΑΣ ΙΑΤΡΟΣ ΠΟΥ ΕΓΡΑΦΕ ΘΕΑΤΡΙΚΑ ΕΡΓΑ Ή ΕΝΑΣ ΘΕΑΤΡΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΑΣ ΠΟΥ ΕΓΡΑΦΕ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΑ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ; [NIKOS ZAKOPOULOS: A DOCTOR WHO WROTE PLAYS OR A PLAYWRIGHT WHO WROTE MEDICAL BOOKS?]

Εξώφυλλο Παράβασις Τόμ. 20 / Cover Parabasis Vol. 20
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Published: Nov 24, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681//.43348
Konstantinos Kyriakou
Abstract

Nikos Zakopoulos (1917-1997) can be considered one of the most successful playwrights of his time, as almost all the plays he wrote, individually or in collaboration with other playwrights, were presented on stage, with several of them awarded at the state competitions. In fact, there were theatrical seasons, during which two and/or three of his plays were performed simultaneously. However, after his death, his works were ‘banished’ from the repertoire of Greek troupes. Nikos Zakopoulos experimented in almost all theatrical genres; he dabbled in drama and satire, moved from allegory to symbolic and historical drama, and experimented in poetic theater as well as the Theater of the Absurd. In his works he deals with the crushing and exhaustion of man under the consequences of technocratic omnipotence and new forms of relationships, created by the hypertrophic and thoughtless development of modern forms of life (advertising, confusion, violence, greed for profit, non-human states, consumerism, etc.). All conflicts focus on the discord and distress that arise in the struggles between technological society and the biological and psychological needs of people.

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Author Biography
Konstantinos Kyriakou

Konstantinos Kyriakou is a director, actor, playwright, and translator. He holds a Ph.D. in Theatrology (Distinction) from the Department of Theatre Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), where he was an HFRI scholar (Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation). He also earned his Master’s Degree (Distinction, top graduate) from the same department. He studied Theatre, Hellenic Culture (top graduate and scholar), Expressive Communication, and is fluent in five languages. He lectures as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of the Peloponnese, while he also lectured at the School of Drama (Faculty of Fine Arts) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2020, he co-founded, along with Katerina Bilali, the Theatre Company THEARTES. He has served as the Artistic Director of the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus Festival, The Dynamics of Greek Speech in the Theatre, and as the Artistic Supervisor of the ESPA Educational Programs at the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus. He was honored with the «Karolos Koun» Award by the Union of Theatre and Music Critics in the «International Theatre Repertoire» category for his direction and performance in the theatrical production of Ay, Carmela!

Professional Experience: As a director, he has staged more than thirty-five theatrical productions, theatrical events, and online documentaries. As an actor, he has performed in more than forty-five theatrical productions, collaborating with the National Theatre, the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, the Municipal and Regional Theatres (DIPETHE) of Agrinio, Volos, Kalamata, Crete, Roumeli and Serres, as well as with several free-lance theatre companies. Writing and Translation: He has authored ten theatrical plays, two of which have been awarded and six of which have been staged. He has translated more than seventy theatrical plays, some for the first time into Greek. More than forty-five of his translations have been published and twenty have been staged in various theaters in Greece and Cyprus. Three of his published translations received awards and funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy. Academic and Editorial Work: He has edited various collective volumes and has also edited and written the "Introductory Notes" for dozens of books of theatrical works, both his own and those of other Greek writers and translators. Furthermore, he has published articles in various scientific and literary journals and theatre programs and has participated in numerous international scientific conferences with his presentations.