The arrival of the barbarians

AUTHOR: José Luis Alonso de Santos

Synopsis

A security guard found a man sitting on a bench in the street. The vigilante has been hired to prevent anyone sit on this bench, but the lord, who is sitting is a professor of Latin who has lost his place, his wife and his home, and that has been sitting on the bench to rest, after you have been wandering aimlessly for hours, and will do anything to not get out of your seat, because, according to him, “is the only thing in life”.

Technical data

Original language:
Spanish

Gender:
Comedy

Female characters:
None

Male characters:
2

Premiered, Edited

Space
1

Duration
90 - 120 min.

Time
Contemporary

Other data

Release date: 2010

Place of premiere: Ciudad Rodrigo

Date of Publication: 2011

Editorial: Editorial Huerga y fierro

Translated to: Italian

Additional information
Italiano: traducción de Maria Giulia Bendoni, Edizioni Aurora Boreale, Prato, 2013.

About the author

José Luis Alonso de Santos

Born in Valladolid (spain) and lives in Madrid. Graduated with a degree in Information Science, and Psychology. His theatrical career began in 1964 in the Independent Theatre and the Studio Theatre of Madrid. He has been director of the Royal School of Dramatic Art of Madrid, (and Professor of Dramatic Writing), director of the National Classical Theatre Company, and president of the Academy of Performing Arts in Spain. He is the author of fifty works, among them: get Off the moor, The estanquera de Vallecas and Wild-type (taken to the cinema), long Live the duke, our owner!, The album family, Peers, and Nines. He has performed versions of Plautus, Moreto, Aristophanes, Moliere, Shakespeare, Calderon. He has written movie scripts, television series, children's fiction, and books of theory in theater: The dramatic writing and Handbook of theory and theatrical practice. Awards: National Theatre, Tirso de Molina, Mayte, Gold Medal Theatre of Valladolid, Max Award, and the Premio Castilla y León de las Letras.

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