THE CURSED (Slave 1)

AUTHOR: Raúl Hernández Garrido

Synopsis

The action: in a Forest, so far from any part.A Child pursues an ideal. He has abandoned his home, his family, his life, and searches the Jungle to his hero, the Commander, a leader of the eternal Revolution. Want to join the guerrilla mythical whose evocation will be full of enthusiasm. When it makes contact with them, is reluctant to acknowledge that what she finds is far from their dreams: shreds of a troop, wastes human that I can barely see the heroes that they were.The Child becomes unwittingly at the center of a series of struggles for power that will take you into a world of violence. At the end you see that the heroism so dreamed of, that the ideals pursued, are reduced in the reality to a single word: survive. When you understand this, it becomes both a witness and an accomplice to the last heroic gesture of the Commander.

Technical data

Original language:
Spanish

Gender:
Tragedy

Female characters:
1

Male characters:
5

Released, Published, Award-Winning

Space
Without specifying

Duration
90 - 120 min.

Time
Contemporary

Year of establishment
1994

Other data

Release date: 1999

Place of premiere: Sala Cuarta Pared (Festival de Otoño)

Artistic team: Director: Guillermo Heras

Date of Publication: 1995

Editorial: Primer Acto / Muestra de Alicante / Teatro del Astillero

Translated to: Français, English

Additional information
PREMIO CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA 1994

Raúl Hernández Garrido
About the author

Raúl Hernández Garrido

Writer, scriptwriter and audiovisual producer, he is one of the exponents of current Spanish dramaturgy. Recognized with the Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Vega, Born, El Espectáculo Teatral, Rojas Zorrilla, SGAE, Francisco Nieva, La Jarra Azul theater awards, Paso de Gato/Artez Theatrical Essay Award… Since 1994 he has premiered frequently, being translated and represented in several languages ​​and spreading its dissemination throughout America. He has written fiction, published several short stories and the novel OPEN THE WINDOWS (Irreverentes Novel Award, Ediciones Irreverentes 2009). He has directed the feature films Squad Toward Death (2007), Before You Die Think of Me (2008), 24 Hours in the Life of Querejeta (2012), The Marriage of Figaro (2014), José Luis Gomez, The Mask and the Words ( 2016), Othello (2016). He directed the documentary space Extras on TVE (2009-2010). http://hernandezgarrido.com https://www.facebook.com/raulhgarrido

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