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Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife

Full-Length Play  /  9w, 7m

Richard O'Connell, Federico García Lorca, James Graham-Lujan

Translated by James Graham Lujan and Richard O'Connell

Tells of a young beauty married to an old man, a theme that often concerned Lorca. The resolution for the earnest shoemaker, who leaves home and comes back disguished as a puppeteer, is lighthearted, but there is underlying pathos. In Five Plays by Lorca: Comedies and Tragedies

Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    9w, 7m
  • Suggested Use
    • Cutting Approved for Competition
    • UIL Approved
    • Competition or audition material

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Tells of a young beauty married to an old man, a theme that often concerned Lorca. The resolution for the earnest shoemaker, who leaves home and comes back disguished as a puppeteer, is lighthearted, but there is underlying pathos. In Five Plays by Lorca: Comedies and Tragedies
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Richard O'Connell

Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936) is widely considered to be Spain's most important playwright and poet. He and his close friend Salvador Dalí took the literary and artistic worlds by storm in the 1920's, introducing daring explorations of desire, sexuality and surrealism. ...

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James Graham-Lujan

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