Out of the Wings

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Medea en el espejo (1959), José Triana

Scene

This is a three-act play.

Staging

The action takes place in the mid 1950s in Cuba.  It is set in the patio of a tenement block.

Cast number
Minimum Maximum
6 males 6 males
5 females 5 females
11 (total) 11 (total)
Characters
  • MARIA,  mulata
  • ERUNDINA, an old black servant
  • SEÑORITA AMPARO, mestiza, very skinny
  • JULIÁN, white, handsome
  • PERICO PIEDRA FINA, white, fat, fifty
  • MADAME PITONISA
  • DOCTOR MANDINGA

Chorus:

  • BOY, selling newspapers and lottery tickets
  • BARBER, white, long hair
  • ANTONIO’S WIFE, mulatta, very fat

BONGOMAN

Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 18 June 2012.

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