Etiqueta: Past
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The family album (El álbum familiar)
THEMES: Post-War, Social Relation, Politics, Society, Family, 40s GENRE: Drama, Historical The play takes shape as a family album in which there are photos and past experiences. This gives the author the opportunity to rebuild the Spanish post-war society through memories and dreams. The character relives that period during which he builds his personality and his…
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In the dark heart of the forest (En el oscuro corazón del bosque)
Three cats (the old male and female cat, and the blue cat) are together in the barrack they have lived in for a while and are witness to the emptying of the house made by the owners. Facing the building’s demolition, the cats talk about their future, their memories and their ambitions. THEMES: Nostalgia, Economic…
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At the enemy’s mercy (En manos del enemigo)
The story narrates the fortuitous encounter between two men: Checa, a Russian man living in Spain for a long time, and Mustafa, an illegal newcomer. Their interest will be discovered as well as their pasts, their origins and the reasons they came to Spain. THEMES: Immigration, Immigrant Life, Poverty, Drugs, Friendship, Solidarity, Survival, Exclusion …
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Lazarus in the labyrinth (Lázaro en el laberinto)
Lazarus is the prosperous owner of the book shop “The Labyrinth”. He lives with his sister, Fina, and his nephews, Coral and Mariano, to whom he is the father figure. Lazarus lives tormented by an event of his past: 22 years back, his girlfriend Sylvia was aggressed by a violent group that disfigured her face with…
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The arrival of the Gods (Llegada de los dioses)
Julio is a young failed painter who lost his sight, so he returns to his father´s house with his girlfriend, Veronica. Felipe, Julio´s father, is a famous and rich artist who lives with a friend couple, Artemio and Matilde, Nuria’s parents. After his arrival, Julio begins to feel that there are many secrets in the…
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Skylight (El tragaluz)
In the future world, it is carried out an experiment to travel back in time. In the past to which the experiment is carried out, there are two brothers, Vicente and Mario, separated after the war. Over the years, the former has a good social position and the latter is miserable. The interest of both…
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Judges in the night (Jueces en la noche)
Juan Luis Palacios was a minister during the Franco Regime but has known how to adapt in the democratic era, turning into a respectable member of the Parliament, married to Julia. However, the phantom of the past atrocities is always around and his marriage is in crisis. In this context, Juan Luis discovers that Ginés Pardo,…
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The detonation (La detonación)
Mariano José de Larra, one of the writers of Spanish Romanticism, commits suicide after being abandoned by his lover, Dolores Armijo. The action takes place in the moment before the shooting that ends the life of the journalist and recreates the most relevant moments of his life: the intrigues and power struggles in which he…
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The weaver of dreams (La tejedora de sueños)
This recreation of Homer’s Odyssey relates the adventures of Penelope, loving wife of Ulysses, whose return from the Trojan War she is waiting for. Buero’s Penelope is not a self-sacrificing woman; now, she is taken the lead since she hates Helen and Ulysses because of the twenty years she has spent weaving and unweaving. Ulysses…
