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¡Ay Carmela! (play)
''¡Ay, Carmela!'' is a play by José Sanchis Sinisterra, set in the opening months of the Spanish Civil War, which premiered 5 November 1987 in Zaragoza under José Luis Gómez, who also played Paulino. Heavily allegorical, it tells the story of travelling players, Carmela and Paulino, who blunder into the wrong place at the wrong time. A film of the same name — '' ¡Ay, Carmela!'' — was released in 1990. The play takes its name from a popular Spanish Civil war song '' Ay Carmela''. Originally written in Spanish, it toured in 2006 in the UK in English. Scripts *''Ñaque, ¡Ay, Carmela!'' by José Sanchis Sinisterra (Spanish, paperback), Ediciones Catedra, 1991. *''Ay, Carmela!'' by José Sanchis Sinisterra José Sanchis Sinisterra (born June 28, 1940) is a Spanish playwright and theatre director. He was born in Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of ..., trans. John Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Sanchis Sinisterra
José Sanchis Sinisterra (born June 28, 1940) is a Spanish playwright and theatre director. He was born in Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r .... He is best known, outside of Spain, for his award-winning play, '' ¡Ay Carmela!''. In 2004 he won the Spanish National Dramatic Literature Award for his play ''Terror y miseria en el primer franquismo''. Publications *''Ñaque; Ay, Carmela!'' by José Sanchis Sinisterra (Spanish, paperback), Ediciones Catedra, 1991. *'' ¡Ay, Carmela!'' (trans. John London) (English, paperback), New Theatre Publications, 2003. *', e-book, Caos Editorial *', e-book, Caos Editorial *', e-book, Caos Editorial References Spanish dramatists and playwrights Spanish male dramatists and playwrights Living people 1940 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing politics, left-leaning Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic. The opposing Nationalists were an alliance of Falangism, Falangists, monarchists, conservatives, and Traditionalism (Spain), traditionalists led by a National Defense Junta, military junta among whom General Francisco Franco quickly achieved a preponderant role. Due to the international Interwar period#Great Depression, political climate at the time, the war was variously viewed as class struggle, a War of religion, religious struggle, or a struggle between dictatorship and Republicanism, republican democracy, between revolution and counterrevolution, or between fascism and communism. The Nationalists won the war, which ended in early 1939, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaragoza
Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego (river), Gállego, roughly in the centre of both Aragon and the Ebro basin. On 1 January 2021, the population of the municipality of Zaragoza was 675,301, (as of 2023, the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, fourth or fifth most populous in Spain) on a land area of . It is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 26th most populous municipality in the European Union. The population of the metropolitan area was estimated in 2006 at 783,763 inhabitants. The municipalities of Spain, municipality is home to more than 50 percent of the Aragonese population. The city lies at an elevation of about height above mean sea level, above sea level. Zaragoza hosted Expo 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Gómez (actor)
José Luis Gómez García (born 19 April 1940) is a Spanish film actor and director. He has appeared in 33 films since 1968. At the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, he won the award for Best Actor in the film ''Pascual Duarte''. Gómez was elected to Seat ''Z'' of the Real Academia Española on 1 December 2011; he took up his seat on 26 January 2014. Selected filmography * ''Pascual Duarte'' (1976) * '' In Memoriam'' (1977) * ''Blindfolded Eyes'' (1978) * '' Dedicatoria'' (1980) * ''Rowing with the Wind'' (1988) * '' Lights and Shadows'' (1988) * ''Prince of Shadows'' (1991) * ''The End of a Mystery'' (2003) * ''Goya's Ghosts'' (2006) * ''Los Abrazos Rotos'' (2009) * ''The Skin I Live In ''The Skin I Live In'' () is a 2011 Spanish psychological thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet and Roberto Álamo. It is based on Thierry Jonquet's 1984 n ...'' (2011) * '' El Mudo'' (2013) Notes Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ay Carmela (film)
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1990 Plays
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Spanish Plays
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