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Scene

This is a one act play.

Staging

A poor lodging converted into a sewing workshop. The lodging is also used as a bedroom. In the background, there is a lumpy mattress with a very tacky golden frame, a worn handmade quilt, and embroidered cushions. Above it, on a shelf, sits an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe surrounded by candlesticks. There are four sewing machines. There is a wardrobe with cheap mirrors that distort the image of whoever looks in them. There is a big clock on the bedside table. (less)

A poor lodging converted into a sewing workshop. The lodging is also used as a bedroom. In the background, there is a lumpy mattress with a very tacky golden frame, a worn handmade quil... (Read more...)

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
2 males	2 males
4 females	4 females
6 (total)	6 (total)

Characters

• REMEDIOS,  upper class customer of tailor
• DORA, seamstress
• HERLINDA, seamstress
• CONCHA, seamstress, working class
• CENSUS TAKER, young man
• PACO, Dora’s husband

Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 8 August 2011.

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