Get off the Moor

AUTHOR: José Luis Alonso de Santos

Synopsis

A group of young people live together in a flat in urban and seek their place in the world, between the margins and the integration. Their coexistence generates love and heartbreak, a sense of the remoteness of the society and the differences between the principles and the reality.

Technical data

Original language:
Spanish

Gender:
Comedy Drama

Female characters:
3

Male characters:
4

Released, Published, Award-Winning

Space
1

Duration
90 - 120 min.

Time
Contemporary

Other data

Release date: 1985

Place of premiere: Madrid

Date of Publication: 1989

Editorial: Cátedra

Translated to: Deutch, Français, English, Ruso, Italiano, Japonés

Additional information
Llevada al cine en 1989, dirigida por Fernando Colomo. Premio Nacional de Teatro (1986) Premio Tirso de Molina (1984) Premio el Espectador y la Crítica (1985) Premio Mayte (1985) Premio Radio España (1985) Inglés (US): “Going Down to Marrakesh”, trad. Phyllis Zatlin, University press of America. Boston 1992.” Inglés (UK) "Going Down to Morocco", trad. Duncan Wheeler. Aris&Phillips Hispanic Classics. Oxford 2013. Francés: “Descente au Maroc”, trad. François Bonfils. Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. París 1997. Italiano:"Andare in fumo", trad. Anna Teresa Di Sipio. ARACNE. Roma, 2013. « Recarsi dal moro », trad. Emilio Coco. Edizioni dell´Orso. Torino 1998. Alemán: “Der Marokkotrip”, trad. Wilfried Floeck. Die Deutsche Bibliothek. Tübingen 1997. Japonés: Ed. Yoichi Tajiri, trad. Yuichiro Furuya, Editorial Kanonil, Tokio, 2014.

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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