Out of the Wings

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La orgía (c.1972), Enrique Buenaventura

The Orgy (1974), translated by Robert Rudder , Gerardo Luzriaga

Editions
  • Luzuriaga, Gerardo and Robert S. Rudder, eds. and trans. 1974. The Orgy: Modern One-Act Plays from Latin America. Los Angeles, University of California, UCLA Latin American Center

  • Weiss, Judith A, ed. 2004. Colombian Theatre in the Vortex: Seven Plays. Lewisburg. Bucknell University Press

Scene

This is a one act play.

Staging

Taken from the opening stage directions of the play:

Sitting in a very old easy chair in front of a mirror, the OLD WOMAN primps.  On both sides of the chair are piles of clothing that had once been lovely and elegant.

Characters
  • THE OLD WOMAN
  • THE MUTE
  • FIRST BEGGAR
  • SECOND BEGGAR
  • THIRD BEGGAR
  • THE DWARF
Cast number
Minimum Maximum
6 (total) 6 (total)
4 males 5 males
1 females 2 females
Productions
Samples

Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 5 October 2010.

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