Etiqueta: Society
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The sin of being pretty (El pecado de ser guapa)
Isabel de Reinoso, elegant woman, educated, rich and sensitive, reaches the provincial town of Villaleona, dazzling men and generating envy among women. Because of this, hostility towards her will be increased more and more, capable of causing Isabel finally have to leave the village. THEMES: Beauty, Jealousy, Competition, Frustration, Intolerance, Power Struggle, Hate, Social…
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Miss Trevelez (La señorita de Trevélez)
Miss Trévelez tells the story that happens in a provincial capital, where a group of jokers form the Guasa Club, dedicated to play pranks and have fun at the expense of doing harm to others. One of those jokes is to let lady Trevélez, who is a neighbor of mature age, tasteless and not very…
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The Caciques (Los caciques)
The major of Villalgancio will be up for anything to keep his position In the small town of Villalgancio, the corrupt politician Acilso Arrambla is a mayor and local cacique at the same time. He is notified that an inspector will arrive to analyze his administration and accounts. Following his natural tendency, he plans on buying…
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Twenty years only (Veinte añitos)
Pepe and Faustina are an old married couple that are close to the end of their lives. One day the Devil appears before them and offers them something difficult to reject: to bring back their youth. Having 20 years again, all the vicissitudes of that age make them wish to go back to being old. …
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Violins and trumpets (Violines y trompetas)
This play, very important during the Spanish Transition, tells the life, day by day, of three chamber musicians who have not only the same profession but also the same love interests. The play was very important in Spain as it turned around the repression on sex, desires and frustrations that existed for forty years under…
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Forever is not the whole life (Siempre no es toda la vida)
The play looks over three stages in the life of a married couple: The past (adolescence and happy engagement), the present (the problems of the married life) and the future (distant feelings but united by social conventionalism). THEMES: Love, Marriage, Adolescence, Youth, Society GENRE: Dramedy RELEVANT FACTS: Couple’s play between past, present and future…
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The beautiful Rosita (Rosita la guapa)
The protagonist, Rosa, does not think she is beautiful. Rosa’s suffering is due to her lack of self-confidence. But the problem is going to be solved with a game of masks that will remit the spectator to the carnival traditions. THEMES: Beauty, Society, Gambling, Frustration, Hate GENRE: Drama RELEVANT FACTS: Neville won the…
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Margarita and men (Margarita y los hombres)
Margarita is a young miserable typist because she thinks she is ugly. Not only that, she is run over by a car, leaving her disfigured. She subjects herself to a plastic surgery that turns her into the most beautiful and adored woman. However, her unhappiness does not go away since her relationships with the opposite sex…
