• Overview
• Staging information
• Translations
• Sample translations
• Production history

Scene

The play is divided into three acts. Act 1 has 16 scenes, act 2 has 10 scenes and act 3 has 8 scenes.

Staging

Act 1 is set in the reading room of a gentleman’s club. The room has a number of doors leading off from it. The back windows look out onto Don Gonzalo de Trevélez’s house.

Act 2 is set in Don Gonzalo’s garden. It takes place at night, with lights adorning the trees.

Act 3 is set in Don Gonzalo’s gym. As well as exercise equipment, the gym contains a collection of firearms. At the beginning of this act, Don Gonzalo appears in fencing gear.

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
8 males	12 males
3 females	6 females
11 (total)	18 (total)

Characters

• TITO GUILOYA, Head of the Joke Club
• PEPE MANCHÓN
• TORRIJA
• DON MARCELINO
• MENÉNDEZ, Manservant
• PABLITO PICAVEA
• NUMERANIO GALÁN (in English: DON GALLANT)
• DON GONZALO DE TEVÉLEZ
• FLORITA DE TEVÉLEZ
• DON GONZALO’S SERVANT
• SOLEDAD, Maid
• DON ARISTIDES
• DON PEÑA
• DON LACASA
• MARUJA
• CONCHITA
• QUIQUE
• NOLO

Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 29 October 2011.

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