Out of the Wings

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El concierto de San Ovidio (1962), Antonio Buero Vallejo

Scene

The play is made up of three acts.

  • act 1 takes place in the Hospital of the Three Hundred and in Valindin’s house
  • act 2 begins outside the steps of the Hospital and moves to the café wh... (Read more...)
Staging

The action in the play takes place in a number of different locations – namely Valindin’s house, the Hospital of the Three Hundred, the café where the orchestra play, and finally Valent... (Read more...)

Music

The allegro and adagio from the third movement of Arcangelo Corelli’s Concerto Grosso in G Minor, op. 6 no. 8 (Christmas Concerto) are heard during the play. The adagio has been describ... (Read more...)

Cast number
Minimum Maximum
14 males 14 males
6 females 9 females
20 (total) 23 (total)
Cast information
Female role doubling is possible because the two nuns accompanying the Prioress could also perform the roles of two of the girls in the café
Characters
  • LUIS MARIA VALINDIN, Businessman
  • PRIORESS, Head of the Hospital of the Three Hundred
  • SISTER LUCIA, Assistant to the Prioress
  • SISTER ANDREA, Assistant to the Prioress
  • LUCAS, An old blind man with grey hair
  • DONATO, Blind young man, not yet seventeen years old
  • NAZARIO, Blind, large and well-rounded with big hands and a round face
  • ELIAS, Thin, blind with closed eyelids. He never smiles.
  • GILBERTO, Around forty years old with a squint. Blind and acts like a child
  • DAVID, Blind, around thirty-five years old, pale and thin
  • ADRIANA, Valindin’s lover
  • CATALINA, Maid
  • JERONIMO LEFRANC, Violinist
  • IRENEO BERNIER, Handyman
  • LATOUCHE, Chief of Police
  • DUBOIS, Policeman
  • BOURGEOIS WOMAN, Member of the audience in the café
  • GIRL 1, Member of the audience in the café
  • GIRL 2, Member of the audience in the café
  • GIRL 3, Member of the audience in the café
  • DANDY, Member of the audience in the café
  • BOURGEOIS MAN, Member of the audience in the café
  • VALENTIN HAÜY

Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 9 May 2012.

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