Etiqueta: Policy

  • The buzzing of the bees (El zumbido de las abejas)

    The story happens from March 1868 to February 1875. Tomás comes back to take over the family business of votive offerings and candle making after studying in Madrid. He comes back with his friend Mateu, a sculptor and intellectual whom he makes partner. Both Tomás and Mateu share a republican ideology. Mateu wants to revamp…

  • The Wrath of the Gods (La cólera de los dioses)

    This play goes back in time to the generation born from the Restoration of the monarchy in Spain in 1874 (related to the historical moment from his previous work The buzzing of the bees). Its representative, the Mayor of Alcúdia de Xúquer, is a corrupt politician that monopolizes the supply of (polluted) tuna to town,…

  • Gala party (Función de Gala)

    In the Valençuela Republic, Felix, a cabaret waiter, wants to seduce a singer, Victoria. The two of them get involved in the process of a coup d’état. After many adventures, we reach the happy ending: Felix gets both victory and Victoria; Victoria also makes the money she wanted; the coup fails and the revolution succeeds.  …

  • Sancho Panza in the island (Sancho Panza en la ínsula de Barataria)

    Sancho Panza in the island is the theatrical adaptation Alejandro Casona made of chapter 51 of the second part of Don Quixote, written by Cervantes. In it, Sancho Panza, in a certain way, constitutes a revenge against the Dukes who make fun of Don Quixote. They thought that Sancho would govern the insula Barataria in a…

  • Doctor Moraleda’s Murder (El asesinato del doctor Moraleda)

    This play is set in the colonial era. In 1890, the Portuguese militarily advance on Angola and Mozambique with the excuse of the death of Dr. Moraleda, a scientist who was studying aboriginal people in the area. The Portuguese State officially appoints a fact-finding commission, although, at the same time, puts in charge Colonel da…

  • Sea horses (Caballos de Mar)

    The memories of more than thirty years come through Ignasi Delamo’s mind, Colonel of the Republican Army’s Medical Department, before drawing his last breath after being wounded. They are different fragments of his life around the “Sea Horses” house since he met in 1907 the aristocrat Violaine, who he loved in a platonic way as well as her daughter…

  • The Miller Woman of Arcos (La molinera de Arcos)

    This dramedia is about the abuse of power, about the Church as an institution, the government, the military and the emancipation of women. During a wedding, a minstrel tells a legend and the characters from the wedding start turning into the characters of the legend. The tale told by the minstrel is about how a…

  • Crown of Love and Death (Corona de amor y muerte)

    The story is centered on the life of Doña Inés de Castro and her loving relationship with Infant Pedro, the heir to the throne of Portugal. The Infant is committed to a union of political nature with Constanza Manuel de Villena. The problem arises when the Infant admits that he is in love with Doña…

  • The knight of the golden spurs (El caballero de las espuelas de oro)

    It consists in the life of the Spanish Golden Age writer Francisco de Quevedo, character of great historic significance; someone ambitious who starred in several political intrigues, was in prison and had a staunch enemy, Luis de Góngora. In the midst of so much unrest, he was above all a great writer.   THEMES: 17th Century,…

  • The city is joyful and trusting (La ciudad alegre y confiada)

    The city’s government has to face a very difficult decision. They have to either pact with the Republic of Venetia or to start a war. Finally, the governors make the wrong decision but the people of the city continue joyfully with their lives, trusting their governors.   THEMES: Politics, War, Moral Dilemma, City, Fighting the…

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