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The Past is Present: Mayorga and Morote on the Madrid Stage
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April 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Spring 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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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 guÃa del Hermitage (The Hermitage Guide) at the Bellas Artes and Juan Mayorga's La tortuga de Darwin (Darwin 's Tortoise) at the AbadÃa. 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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