Subgénero: Melodrama
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School Boys (Los chicos de la escuela)
In a small town, the school teacher confronts the town’s cacique, Juan Antonio. This last one obliges the teacher to leave the location, which causes a series of complex conflicts. THEMES: Education, Inequality, Revenge, Countryside life, Corruption, Frustration, Rivalry, Society GENRE: Dramedy RELEVANT FACTS: The play was made into a movie in Spain in…
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The priest’s niece (La sobrina del cura)
The story tells the life of Mónica, a young woman, and her uncle Don Sabino, a very unsociable priest which has a monotonous life. The two characters have raised Lucía, a girl who was left on the priest´s porch. The lives of the three characters proceed without any interesting event, until the day when Tomasón…
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A Ladies’ Man (Las dichosas faldas)
Manola, the main character, suffers because her husband, Paco, is continuously cheating on her. One day, she discovers the whole truth and that is the time for her to make a very important decision. Family, friends and neighbors close to the married couple are all trying to help. But no one seems to influence in…
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Father Cigarette (El padre pitillo)
Don Froilán is a priest in a small village, in which he is known as “Father Cigarette”, as he always has a lit cigarette in his mouth. Given his good-natured disposition, he sees himself one day taking in a deviant girl called Rosita, kicked from her house by his step-father Aniceto after losing her honor…
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The prize of Nicanor (El premio de Nicanor)
A few days before Christmas holidays, in a humble home, the day of the Christmas lottery, Isidoro and his wife get into a serious conflict with their neighbors because of the lottery. THEMES: Power struggle, Ambition, Friendship, Social Climbing, Jealousy, Social Class, High Class, Lower Class, Competition, Conspiracy, Inequality, Destiny, Money, Family, Manipulation, Marriage,…
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Don Quintín, the bitter one (Don Quintín el amargao o el que siembra vientos)
Don Quintin, driven by jealousy, kicked out his daughter Teresa’s mother. Doubting about his paternity, he left the girl for adoption and lives now his life with a bitter taste. After some time, his wife dies ratifying in her last will that Don Quintin is Teresa’s father. When Quintin looks for Teresa he does not…
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Mister Truthful (Don verdades)
The life of the main character, an old man with an impeccable reputation and known for being a good person, is altered when he falls in love with a young girl and is afraid to make a fool of himself. At the same time, given the circumstances, he sees himself having to marry a midwife…
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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…
