Spanning 900 years of history, this panoramic work in nine parts follows one character, the player, as he wanders among the dead and the living. Revisiting the legend of Constantine and Doruntine, Teki Dërvishi makes the player an envoy sent from the kingdom of the dead to bring his sister Doruntine back to his mother - as in the legend. But nothing takes place as planned. The text makes use of the tradition of the solemn pledge - the Besa -, only to demonstrate the impossibility of honouring it.

Condemned to eternal wandering, 'the Player' - along with his various avatars - is 'tired of repeating his life'. Full of mysticism and esotericism, from Dervish trances to number symbolism (especially the number 9), with its evocation of the spheres and circles of the Divine Comedy, this play continually operates on two levels: that of the Player's monologues and poetic narration, and that of the dialogues between human figures reduced to their simplest expression. There is no doubt that the duality of the action provides an exciting exercise for a director, and for the actors, who are continuously confronted by the infinite duplication of their character(s).
This play is a 'pledge' epic, the eternally repeated narrative of humanity wandering between God and the Devil, who both resemble each other so closely, it's hard to tell which is the avatar of which.