Género: Comedy
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Snakes and ladders (Del laberinto al 30)
Don José is a psychiatrist. One day, an outlandish man barges in and the doctor mistakes him with a patient. The individual happens to be his secretary’s boyfriend who comes in trying to sell the doctor a machine gun. The conflict between both characters gives place to a misunderstandings series that get resolved throughout the play. …
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Ten Euros for a drink (Diez euros la copa)
The play presents four builders from different generations facing the economic crisis. During their lunch break, the four of them talk about love, desire, friendship, fidelity or loneliness, everything with a humorous tone for four lunches and an epilogue. THEMES: Economic crisis, Generational Gap, Love, Lower Class, Friendship, Fidelity GENRE: Comedy RELEVANT FACTS: …
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Tell them with Valium (Dígaselo con Valium)
A young marriage, who represent social success, has its monotony broken when two peculiar and crazy women who broke out from jail appear in front of them. Victims of domestic violence, they have decided to become the persecutors. THEMES: Social Climbing, Marriage, Prison, Revenge, Domestic Abuse, Mental Illness GENRE: Comedy RELEVANT FACTS: The author…
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Mum Steals Our Boyfriends (Mamá nos quita los novios) (Film)(TV Series)
Mrs. Robinson is back and this time she's staying This familiar comedy introduces us into the day-to-day life of a peculiar family. Amadora is a widow, very beautiful and mother of three young people, who are already of age of marriage: Julio, Luisa Rosa and Cristina. They are a well-placed family, so the three brothers…
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Pinches (Los pellizcos)
Don Mario has been captivated by Raimunda, the woman who served him at his house for years. When time passes, they meet again, but now Don Mario is poor and Raimunda is a rich heir. The woman, for old time's sake, helps Don Mario, who now works as a maintenance man in a hotel, but…
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Died from laughter (El muerto de risa)
A rich old man who never got married has a plan to find out what his future heirs really think. To make this happen, he fakes his own death and pretends to be the executor of his own will. Soon, his heirs’ tricks appear to get the inheritance. THEMES: Inheritance, Family, Money, Ambition, Deceit, Parenthood, Rivalry, Search…
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Lady and Mistress (Dueña y señora)
A convoluted love story Fernando is a young man from wealthy family origins who has fallen in love with Toña, the beautiful family’s housekeeper. Their passion leads to the birth of a child. However, Fernando gives in to the family pressure and marries Laura, a girl of his same social status. She convinces Toña to…
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The Chicken Thief (El ladrón de gallinas)
This story is about a famous female sculptor who gives shelter to a ragged man and starts taking care of him. Later, she discovers that she is starting to fall in love with the man. THEMES: Love, Impossible Love, Art, Social Class GENRE: Comedy RELEVANT FACTS: In 1954, in Mexico, the story…
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Trío
Trio revolves around the wish of two unemployed actors: they want to stage The poison of theatre (actually, Sirera’s most famous play), despite the author’s opposition, because he cannot stand any more being known exclusively for this piece, and he is fed up with it. This story is a reflection on creativity, fame and the…
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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…
