104
The final chapter of the Trilogy for “Love”. In 2026, the play was selected by Eurodram, the European network for contemporary drama and translation. Premiere information at Tetovo Theatre will be added following official confirmation.
Synopsis
Milena and Jovan appear to live in perfect harmony: a beautiful 104-square-metre apartment, shared dinners and a carefully ordered daily life. After an evening with friends, a conversation about love, freedom and past relationships leads to a question: how many men was Milena with before him? She jokingly answers, “104.” For Jovan, the number becomes an obsession.
While Milena tries to explain that her past does not change the woman he married, Jovan increasingly listens to Joe—his onstage double, who turns every suspicion into “evidence” and every insecurity into an accusation. Their friends Iskra and Marko are drawn into the conflict, exposing the contradictions between declarations of love and expectations of ownership.
Through sharp humour that gradually gives way to the threat of violence, 104 lays bare sexual double standards, jealousy and the control concealed beneath the image of a happy marriage. It follows a woman who stops making excuses for her lack of freedom—and a man whose wounded self-image becomes a danger to others.
Excerpt — Scene 6: Confrontation
JOVAN:
One hundred and four, huh?
MILENA:
You’re not serious. Is that why you’re like this?
JOVAN:
Well, one hundred and four is one hundred and four.
JOE:
Man-eater!
MILENA:
It was a joke.
JOVAN:
A joke?
MILENA:
A joke! Iskra has a theory…
JOVAN:
Enough with Iskra… Iskra this, Iskra that. You know I don’t like Iskra.
MILENA:
Iskra has a theory that for the right person, even if you tell him you’ve been with a hundred men before, he won’t care.
JOE:
Iskra has a theory…
JOVAN:
How did you come up with exactly one hundred and four?
JOE:
The magazine says it’s practical to adjust the number as needed, even to lower it. Which means…
MILENA:
It was the first number that came to mind. I thought it was silly to say a hundred. This way it sounds more precise, makes the joke better.
JOE:
Look how prepared she is. That’s experience.
JOVAN:
I’m not hungry.
MILENA:
Are you serious?!
JOVAN:
I think you were serious too, but now that you see I’m upset, you’re changing the story.
MILENA:
Well, even if it is one hundred and four. So what? That’s my business.
JOVAN:
I’m not sure it’s only your business.
JOE:
You’re praying in the wrong church.
MILENA:
My body, my business.
JOVAN:
Well, now that body isn’t just yours.
MILENA:
What are you saying? That you have a right to my body?
JOVAN:
I’m saying it’s not fair not to have that information before deciding to spend my life with you.
MILENA:
So you’re saying that this Milena you now think had one hundred and four lovers isn’t the same Milena you married?
JOE:
He wants to say you’re a man-eater.
JOVAN:
I thought…
MILENA:
What did you think, that you were my first? And you, tell me, how many did you have before me?
JOVAN:
Definitely not one hundred and four.
MILENA:
Well, that’s your problem.
JOE:
Ask her to say the real number, it’s probably double.
JOVAN:
Milena, I love you…
MILENA:
If you love me, we shouldn’t even be having this conversation. And even if it is one hundred and four, let’s do the math. You met me at thirty-two, my first lover was at sixteen, so in sixteen years I had one hundred and three lovers. That’s about one every two months. Not that bad.
JOE:
Not that bad!!! Not that bad!!!
JOVAN:
You think that’s not bad?
MILENA:
I think I don’t want to talk about this anymore. Either realize I was joking or learn to live with that information.
JOVAN:
If you’re suggesting that, it means it’s true.
MILENA:
You’re not listening to me.
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