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The Past is Present: Mayorga and Morote on the Madrid Stage

The Past is Present: Mayorga and Morote on the Madrid Stage

Two outstanding productions among contemporary plays on the Madrid stage in early March 2008 were Herbert Morote's El guía del Hermitage (The Hermitage Guide) at the Bellas Artes and Juan Mayorga's La tortuga de Darwin (Darwin 's Tortoise) at the Abadía. Both performed to full houses when I attended. Morote's ekphrastic text takes place one cold winter during the siege of Leningrad in World War II; after the treasures of the Hermitage have been moved to protect them from the German invaders, the title character brings paintings to life through words. Mayorga's title character is a tortoise who passes as an old woman. On the eve ...

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