Etiqueta: Society
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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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Children of the night (Los hijos de la noche)
The story revolves around three thieves, poor of solemnity, facing the imminent Christmas with hunger and cold in their positions. In a bar, they discover a mature and accommodated gentleman and decide that the solution to their problems lies in his wallet. But the gentleman is not what he seems: He is a libertine in…
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The Famous Carballeira (El famoso Carballeira)
An aristocrat feels forced to marry a businessman. Setting aside social classes differences that draw them apart, his behavior induces her to start seeing him differently. THEMES: Love, Social Class, Marriage, Business, Social climbing, Seduction, High Class, Middle Class, Money, Family, Couples, Society GENRE: Dramedy, Romantic RELEVANT FACTS: The Famous Carballeira is one…
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Secret dialogue (Diálogo secreto)
This story is about the drama of an art critic, who is constantly trying to hide a secret: he is colour-blind. If this secret is revealed, his brilliant career will come to an end. Things get more complicated when his daughter discovers the truth, after a friend of hers committed suicide: he was a painter…
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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…
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Arnau
Adelais escapes into the forest after being rejected by Count Arnau. There she finds an old woman who gives her refuge in her house. Staying there, Adelais looks into the fire and has a series of visions and premonitions. The disappearance of the son of a shepherd, that Adelais had foreseen, starts the people´s revenge…
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The Stranded Mermaid (La sirena varada)
The Stranded Mermaid is a work that delves into one of the most coveted aspirations for man: escaping reality. It narrates the madness of a group of people who decide to abandon themselves to live in a world of dreams, where common sense ceases to exist. Here is when the main character of the work…
