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Juego de 2 (1997-2008), Raúl Hernández Garrido

Titles
English title: 2-Player Game
Notable variations on Spanish title: Juego de 2: La persistencia de la imagen
Date written: from 1997 to 2008
First production date: 1997
Keywords: identity, identity > hierarchy, power, violence > cruelty, violence > personal, power > inter-personal/game play, power > use and abuse, love > lust, love > desire
Pitch

Two lonely people. Female and male. The Body and the Client. She is there to sell herself, he to buy. Theirs is a business transaction laden with fear, intimidation and paranoia. This is a 2-player game, with dangerous consequences.

Synopsis

A young prostitute (the Body) gets a call from a prospective client (the Client). The call disturbs her, since none of the men she visits should know her home number. The man who has ca... (Read more...)

Sources

The playwright mentions a number of influences that inspired him to produce a play that focuses on watching and being watched. He notes his debt to Roland Barthes’s 1980 book Camera Lu... (Read more...)

Critical response

The play has received good reviews. Juan Ignacio García Garzón was impressed by the play’s exploration of human beings’ desire for real experiences – with the Client finally eliciting ... (Read more...)

Editions

Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 8 October 2011.

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