Out of the Wings

Luces de Bohemia (c.1920), Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

Productions in Spanish

Luces de Bohemia (José Tamayo)

Details: Director: José Tamayo
Dates: 1 October 1970
Venue: Teatro Principal de Valencia
Location: Valencia, Spain
Further information: This was the professional Spanish premiere of the play, which was never produced during Valle-Inclán's lifetime.

Luces de Bohemia (José Tamayo)

Details: Director: José Tamayo
Production company: Lope de Vega Theatre Company
Dates: 1971
Venue: Teatro Bellas Artes
Location: Madrid, Spain

Luces de Bohemia (Lluís Pasqual)

Details

Director: Lluís Pasqual
Dates: October 1984
Venue: Teatro María Guerrero
Location: Madrid, Spain

Further information

This production was staged in a manner reminiscent of German expressionism, as noted by Marion Peter Holt in his review:

[T]here are strong suggestions of the German expressionistic films of the 1920s in this staging. Actions are sometimes played out in silhouette against a white background, and the lighting turns the actors' faces into masks or obliterates their features, creating the effect of a shadow play. (1985: 66)

Holt, Marion Peter. 1985. ‘Review of Luces de Bohemia at the Teatro María Guerrero, Madrid, Performing Arts Journal, 9.1, 66-9

Productions in English

Bohemian Lights (Lluís Pasqual)

Details: Director: Lluís Pasqual
Based on translation: Bohemian Lights (1997) by Maria Delgado
Production company: The European Stage Company
Dates: 23 March 1992
Venue: ICA
Location: London, United Kingdom
Further information: This production featured a number of workshopped readings of the play, read by members of The European Stage Company.

Bohemian Lights

Details: Based on translation: Bohemian Lights by David Johnston
Dates: 1993
Venue: Gate Theatre
Location: London, United Kingdom
Critical response: This production won the London Weekend New Plays on Stage Award in 1994.
Further information: This production relocated the action to 1915 Dublin.

Productions in French

Lumières de Bohème (Georges Wilson)

Details: Director: Georges Wilson
Production company: Théâtre National Populaire
Dates: from March 1963 to April 1963
Venue: Théâtre du Palais Chaillot
Location: Paris, France
Further information: Luces de Bohemia (Bohemian Lights) was never staged during Valle-Inclán's lifetime. It suffered at the hands of the Spanish censors, and it was first performed abroad in this French version directed by Georges Wilson and translated by Jeannine Worms.