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Olvida los tambores (1970), Ana Diosdado

Titles
English title: Forget the Drums
Date written: 1970
First publication date: 1970
First production date: 1970
Keywords: family, family > brothers/sisters, family > marriage, history > change/revolution, identity, ideology > politics, love > relationships, love, love > friendship
Genre and type: melodrama
Pitch

In 1970s Spain, a group of young people come together for dinner. Some are free-spirited, others traditional. An older man joins them, the catalyst for the fears and hypocrisies of the younger generation to emerge.

Synopsis

It is the 1970s and young Tony and Alicia have embraced the free spirit of the age. Although they are married, they live in separate apartments, seeing each other as and when they like.... (Read more...)

Critical response

Olvida los tambores (Forget the Drums) was a supremely successful play. Its first production ran for four years and the play won a number of awards, including the Maite prize in 1970. ... (Read more...)

Further information

A film of the play came out in 1975, screenplay by Ana Diosdado and directed by Rafael Gil

Editions
  • Diosdado, Ana. 1970. Olvida los tambores. Madrid, Escelicer

  • Diosdado, Ana. 1972. Olvida los tambores. Madrid, Escelicer

  • Diosdado, Ana. 2004. ‘Olvida los tambores’. In Historia y antolo... (Read more...)

Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 24 May 2011.

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