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Un lugar estratégico (2003), Gracia Morales Ortiz

Titles
English title: A Strategic Point
Date written: 2003
First publication date: 2003
Keywords: history, history > memory, history > time, ideology, power > war, ideology > war, society, violence, violence > social
Genre and type: magic realism
Pitch

A bridge becomes a strategic point of encounter between two warring communities – their past, their present and their future.

Synopsis

A man and a woman meet by chance on a bridge. This bridge links two cities that used to be at war. The man belongs to one side, the woman to the other. The bridge is divided into two ha... (Read more...)

Sources

Near the beginning of the play the man and woman find an old inscription written on the bridge. It is from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and reads:

For instance, if you... (Read more...)

Critical response

The play won the Miguel Romero Esteo Prize in 2003. The play has been translated into Italian and was performed as a dramatised reading at the Teatro Belli, Rome, in December 2007.

Editions
  • Morales, Gracia. 2005. ‘Un lugar estratégico’. In Colección Premio Miguel Romero Esteo 5: Gracia Morales, ‘Un lugar estratégico’; Gonzalo Lloret Marín, ‘Hasta que la muerte’. Sevilla, ... (Read more...)

Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 30 November 2011.

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