On Wednesday 30, 2 º Bachillerato IES Virgen de la Esperanza accompanied by language teachers, Antonio Alcalá, and Technology Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Ana Lopez had occasion to go to the Congress Palace of La Linea to witness an adaptation of a classic English drama, Historia de una escalera of Antonio Buero Vallejo.
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The company was humble, as most circulating throughout Spain, with a great will and enthusiasm and few resources and means, but he knew how to do a good work, being able to touch us with stories of successive characters. With a little knew perfectly decorated recreate the landing, doors and stairs in a neighboring community, space to pass all the facts.
Historia de una escalera tells different stories of poor people seeking to better themselves through various means to fulfill their dreams and escape the same ladder, the same routine, the same life of hardship. However, the fate imposed on dreams, creating a cyclical and repetitive reality that is repeated over generations displayed on site. Temporarily, the drama is set in Spain first in 1919, then 1929 and finally in 1949. In the adaptation we saw, these temporary changes are marked by a darkening of the scenery and listening to music zarzuela (very typical of the time) or radio news at that time.
The core of the work revolves around Fernando and Carmina, two youths who were in love but are separated by circumstances and different people end up marrying: Urban and Elvira. All this amid whispers of neighbors, poverty and dreams in the air and finally broken. Over the years, Fernando and Carmina, neighbors still have a hostile relationship when their children also known as Fernando and Carmina fall in love, the kids are forbidden to be seen mainly as a result of the quarrels of their families.
saluting actors and actresses after the performance.
This repetition of the same parent-child story shows the power of destiny, something that dovetails nicely with the stoicism of Seneca's classical theater. On the other hand, forcing families to separate their children reminds us to love Romeo and Juliet of Shakespeare and those familiar conflict between dignity and individual freedom is also very common in Greek tragedy in general and of Sophocles in particular.
Despite ties to the classics, Buero Vallejo was a playwright innovative and revolutionary for its time, the Franco years, it recovered and social issues theatrical theme, somewhat forgotten after the war.
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Retrieving the social problems as a theme, Buero Vallejo in his work contrasts two models of change of life and pursuit of dreams. On the one hand, Fernando, individualist, who want to pursue their dreams by itself, without assistance, but without clear how or when to start. On the other hand, Urban, collectivist and unionist, that seeks to change the course of his destiny with the help of those who are in the same situation of poverty. Ultimately, with the advent of the Civil War and dictatorship, both models fail in their objectives.
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As strengths of this adaptation, the lighting can create intimate spaces where they confessed the characters and the simplicity of the work without losing the meaning of original text. As a somewhat weaker points, the use of earpiece by the actors and actresses, something rarely seen, and sometimes sound shrill and poorly through no fault of the company but of municipal facilities. And of course, the best of the best, the announcement that part of the proceeds from entries will go to a project in Potosi (Bolivia) by the NGO "Education without Frontiers"
Antonio Buero Vallejo.
In short, History of the ladder is a magnificent work that despite its age is in full force for raising such universal issues as the shortage of outlets for young people, murky, the heredity of family conflict or the ideological confrontation between all go forward together or opt for the stampede. A classic of a English author brave adapted by young and promising company.
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