Subgénero: Melodrama
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Save the dolphins (Salvad a los delfines)
A divorced couple meets after seven years split at their daughter’s wedding. She has built a new life with another man. The play develops the misunderstandings and anecdotic situations of this triangle to which is added the daughter and her fiancée, a Thai man who aspires to go the Faeroe Islands and save dolphins. THEMES:…
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Let’s live today (Vivamos hoy)
In a medical checkup, a middle-aged woman is diagnosed with a brain tumor and only two months to live. Her husband, who had been distanced for some time, tries to make up with her to make her happy for her remaining time and leaves his lover. However, the tests happen to have been from a…
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The man of dusk (El hombre del atardecer)
The play opposes the decline of the middle-aged and the splendor of youth. Amelia, Ernesto and Julia belong to the first group. The first two are cynical and conscious of the role their age makes them take on. Julia, on the contrary, is optimistic and still thinks she can inspire joyfulness. On the other side, Charly y Hermi are young, they leave…
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Storms don’t come back (Las tormentas no vuelven)
Gabriela is Juan’s secretary, a scatterbrained ethologist. She aspires, unsuccessfully, to repeat the long gone love story between the two of them. In a stormy night, the peace at Juan’s gets disturbed by the appearance of Ana, a half-naked young woman, chased by Pedro, a suspicious looking motorcyclist. Juan protects the young woman as she phones…
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The dance (El baile)
Pedro and Julián are two inseparable friends who fight for the love of the beautiful and joyful Adela, who ends up getting married to Pedro, something that will not affect the relationship of the three friends. Twenty-five years later, Adela decides to split up with Pedro and live those experiences she left aside after getting…
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The strange wedding night (La extraña noche de bodas)
Rafael and Isabel, recently married, get a visit from a group of friends. One of them, Ramiro, possesses a special charm for women. The ghost of jealousy takes over Rafael. THEMES: Matrimonio, Celos, Triángulo Amoroso, Amistad, Seducción GENRE: Drama RELEVANT FACTS: The author won the National Literature Prize in 1952 and the National…
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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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Junkies and Yankees (Yonquis y yanquis)
Angel, a young ex-drug addict and ex-prisoner, comes back home after serving his time. The life in a poor neighborhood is not the most appropriate environment for his reintegration. Angel found himself in a violent encounter between the neighborhood´s junkies and the USA military caused by one of the “Yankees” when he abused Angel´s sister, who works as a…
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High Fidelity (Alta fidelidad)
The play tells the story of the change in fortune suffered by Fernando, who was master and lord; due to fiscal debts, he turns into servant. At the same time, Timoteo, his former assistant, starts to be master himself. Fernando’s girlfriend, Elvira, in pure monetary interest, turns her attention to Suárez, the tax collector. …
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Vis a vis in Hawaii (Vis a vis en Hawái)
One of the prisoners of a penitentiary, who was an important executive, waits for the woman with whom he will have sexual intercourse in the visiting room for that purpose, which he calls Hawaii. The woman turns out to be a prostitute hired by the prisoner’s friends. Throughout their meetings, their identities and how they ended up…
