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NN12 (2007-2008), Gracia Morales Ortiz

Titles
English title: NN12
Date written: from 2007 to 2008
First publication date: 2010
First production date: 3 July 2009
Keywords: family, family > parents and children, history, history > memory, identity, power, power > intimidation, power > use and abuse, love > lust, violence
Title information

‘NN’ is an abbreviation of the Latin term ‘Nomen Nescio’, which is used to refer to an unknown person.

Pitch

All over the world, mass graves contain the secrets of people who once had hopes and dreams. Many of these victims are never identified. Their remains are labelled ‘NN’, name unknown. But even identification does not always bring peace to the dead or to the living, as past atrocities continue to haunt victims, their families, and the perpetrators.

Synopsis

Twelve bodies have been found in a mass grave, undiscovered for almost 30 years. Each one is designated ‘NN’, their names unknown. A young forensic pathologist is working to identify NN... (Read more...)

Sources

The idea for the play came to Gracia Morales while she was on a flight, reading a newspaper article called ‘The Voice of the Bones’, about the Argentinian Forensic Anthropologist Team.... (Read more...)

Critical response

The play was awarded the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) Prize in 2008. Performances have been well-received. Critics have noted how the play resonates with Spain’s own h... (Read more...)

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