Electronic text
35 pages
Las cartas del Quijote
Characters
Aldonza, Pascual, Quijote, Sancho Panza, Ama, Sobrina, Ciego
Number of acts
1
Note
This play was written by Puri Fariza and Pol Paúl, who drew inspiration from several chapters of Cervantes’s Don Quixote. It was performed by Tramant Teatre – a company from Valencia – and was awarded the International Baroque for Children prize at the International Almagro Festival (Spain) in 2020.
Plot summary
A play on mental health and the passion for reading
Pasqual, a schoolteacher from the village, teaches the cleaning lady Aldonza how to read. They read from Don Quixote and play out several chapters using everyday objects they find around them.
Related works
L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche – 1605
Composition date
2014
First performance
Valencia, Spain, 1-2-2014 -
By the company Tramant Teatre, at the Teatro La Estrella in Valencia, Spain
Conservation place
Author's archives
Language
Spanish
Literary tones
Dramatic, Parodistic
Animations techniques
Actor and puppet, Shadow theatre, Object theatre
Audience
Young audiences
Key-words
Theatrical techniques
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Written by
Jaume Lloret