Director: Hector Bayona
Playwright: Lope de Rueda
Institution: Universidad Central—Teatro Libre
Venue: Teatrino - Teatro Municipal “Enrique Buenaventura”
Time: May 20, 2015
Event: ATEC 9th International Forum
The Director
Hector Bayona is one of the founding members of the Teatro Libre. He acted with the group in A Poor Gamecock, The Tenants of Wrath, The Strike, Rey Lear, The Crucible, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Macbeth, Dead Souls, As You Like It, A Small Family Business, The Affected Ladies, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov. He has directed plays for the Teatro Libre such as Life Is a Dream, The Convulsions and American Blues. He is currently an Acting and Performance teacher for the Drama Studies Program of the Central University in association with the Teatro Libre, and director of the Theatre Group of the University of Los Andes.
Synopsis
This is a stage production of several "pasos" by Lope de Rueda, one of the early playwrights of the Spanish Golden Age, who influenced authors such as Miguel de Cervantes and Lope de Rueda The "pasos" were short, comical plays that in the XVI and XVII centuries were used to entertain the audience between acts of longer performances. On this occasion, these short plays have been adapted for a Colombian audience, without losing their main comic features: a language full of double entendre and deception, mischievous characters, and simple and funny situations.
The Generous Beating: A man hits his servants over some nougat candy that has disappeared and they set up their vengeance.
The Boastful Man from Medellin: A man from Medellin tries to escape a duel that he himself provoked.
Paying, not Paying: A thief scams a fool into paying his master's rent.
Black Eulalia: A man tries to win a black woman's heart in order to take her and sell her in the capital.
The Olives: A couple beat their daughter because they can't reach an agreement over the price of olives that were just planted.
The Mask: A man makes his servant believe that a mask that he found on the street is actually the skinned face of a dead man.