Tres sombreros de copa (1932), Miguel Mihura Santos

Productions in Spanish

Tres sombreros de copa (Gustavo Pérez Puig)

Details

Director: Gustavo Pérez Puig
Dates: 24 November 1952
Venue: Teatro Español
Location: Madrid, Spain

Critical response

This production was widely praised by the critics. Eduardo Haro Tecglen, writing in Informaciones, noted that the fantastic elements and the absurd humour were used to great effect to engage the audience in the themes of the play (Tecglen, quoted in Mihura 1977: 43). Luis Calvo from ABC was similarly complimentary, noting that ‘Tres sombreros de copa is a little masterpiece, a bright and spontaneous comedy with light sentimental touches’ (Calvo, quoted in Mihura 1977: 43).

Mihura, Miguel. 1977. Tres sombreros de copa: Maribel y la extraña familia. Madrid, Editorial Castalia (in Spanish)

Further information

This was a student production by the Teatro Español Universitario.

Tres sombreros de copa (Gustavo Pérez Puig)

Details: Director: Gustavo Pérez Puig
Dates: from 19 December 1952 to 12 January 1953
Venue: Teatro Beatriz
Location: Madrid, Spain
Critical response: This was the first commercial production of the play and initially it was not well received because the audience was unsure how to react to a production made up of professional and amateur actors – a combination that made the performance uneven. In the course of its run, however, the production became very popular.

Tres sombreros de copa (Maritza Caballero)

Details

Director: Maritza Caballero
Dates: 15 July 1957
Venue: Teatro de la Comedia
Location: Madrid, Spain

Critical response

After the changes demanded by Mihura were carried out, this production was well received. Writing in Ya, Nicolás González Ruiz noted that the more understated performance brought out the ‘tenderness, humanity and poetry’ of the piece (González Ruiz, quoted in Mihura 1977: 52).

Mihura, Miguel. 1977. Tres sombreros de copa: Maribel y la extraña familia. Madrid, Editorial Castalia (in Spanish)

Further information

This production was supposed to open on 12 July 1957. Following objections from Mihura about the over-exaggerated costumes and staging, changes were made before opening.

Tres sombreros de copa (Vidyasagar Mahajan)

Details: Director: Vidyasagar Mahajan
Dates: 16 December 2004
Venue: The Sudarshan Hall
Location: Pune, India
Further information: This was a Spanish-language production by students learning Spanish at the University of Pune, India.

Tres sombreros de copa (Gustavo Pérez Puig)

Details: Director: Gustavo Pérez Puig
Dates: 8 September 2005
Venue: Teatro Príncipe
Location: Madrid, Spain

Tres sombreros de copa

Details: Production company: GTI Grup de Teatre
Dates: 9 February 2008
Venue: L’Auditori Torrent
Location: Valencia, Spain
Further information: A collection of photographs taken from this production are available by clicking on the GTI Grup de Teatre website.

Tres sombreros de copa (Verónica Rodriguez Ballesteros)

Details: Director: Verónica Rodriguez Ballesteros
Dates: 3 May 2008
Venue: Adams House Pool Theatre
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts , United States
Further information: This was the first Spanish-language version of the play to be performed in North America. It was performed at Harvard University.

Tres sombreros de copa (Antonio Díaz Zamora)

Details: Director: Antonio Díaz Zamora
Dates: 16 October 2008
Venue: Teatro Talía
Location: Valencia, Spain

Tres sombreros de copa (Fernando Romo)

Details: Director: Fernando Romo
Dates: 7 December 2008
Venue: Casa de la Cultura
Location: Cuenca, Spain

Tres sombreros de copa (Miguel Ariza)

Details: Director: Miguel Ariza
Dates: 14 March 2009
Venue: Teatro Avanti
Location: Córdoba, Spain

Productions in English

Three Top Hats (Ron Sossi)

Details: Director: Ron Sossi
Based on translation:
Dates: 1989
Venue: The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
Location: Los Angeles, United States

Three Top Hats (Daniel Zuzalek)

Details: Director: Daniel Zuzalek
Based on translation: Three Top Hats by Daniel Zuzalek
Dates: 14 November 2008
Venue: The Mondanaro Theater
Location: Savannah, United States
Further information: This was a student production in English as part of Daniel Zuzalek's thesis project at the Savannah College of Art and Design.