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Los intereses creados (1907), Jacinto Benavente y Martínez
- Scene
The play is divided into a Prologue and three parts running across two acts. Act 1 is separated into Part One and Part Two. Part One has four short scenes and Part Two has ten scenes. Part Three takes up the entirety of act 2, and is divided into nine scenes.
- Staging
The action takes place in early seventeenth-century Italy. Scenes take place inside and outside the local inn and also at Leandro’s and Crispin’s house. There are additional scenes in Doña Sirena’s garden at night.
- Cast number
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Minimum Maximum 9 males 13 males 5 females 6 females 14 (total) 19 (total) - Cast information
- While Crispin is full of bravura, Leandro is shy and naïve. His timidity is often emphasised through the use of an actress, rather than an actor, in the role.
- Characters
- DOÑA SIRENA
- SILVIA
- PUNCHINELLO’S WIFE
- COLUMBINA, Doña Sirena’s adopted niece
- LAURA, Guest at the party
- RISELA, Guest at the party
- LEANDRO
- CRISPIN
- LAWYER
- PUNCHINELLO (or POLICHINELA)
- HARLEQUIN
- CAPTAIN
- PANTALOON
- INNKEEPER
- LAWYER’S CLERK
- SERVING BOY 1
- SERVING BOY 2
- OFFICIAL ON HORSEBACK 1
- OFFICIAL ON HORSEBACK 2
Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 12 January 2011.
