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‘La Regenta’

Helena Pimenta directs the staging of one of the most important works of Spanish literature, adapted for the first time to the theatre in a version faithful to the original text. The adaptation is by the playwright and novelist Eduardo Galán.

Leopoldo Alas' classic 'Clarín' addresses the confrontation between the overflowing passion of desires and love against the chains of provincial social morality and betrayal.

Set in the city of Vetusta, La Regenta - published in 1884 - is one of the great novels of 19th century Spanish literature and one of the most important in history, according to many critics. It is a naturalistic work that harshly portrays the atmosphere of a provincial city dominated by an idle upper class and a clergy that imposes a hypocritical and suffocating morality.

Ana Ozores is the protagonist, a beautiful young woman who marries Don Víctor Quintanar, former regent of the Audiencia of Vetusta, much older than her, selfish, and who lives in a certain way in a world that has nothing to do with reality. Ana feels overwhelmed in her marriage and, due to her frustration, is trapped by Don Álvaro, the city's Don Juan, and by her own confessor, Don Fermín de Pas, who longs to make her his wife.

Cast (in order of performance):

Joaquín Notario (Don Víctor Quintanar)

Francesc Galcerán (Don Cayetano, Frígilis)

Alex Gadea (Don Fermín)

Ana Ruiz (Ana Ozores)

Pepa Pedroche (Doña Paula)

Lucía Serrano (Petra, Visit)

Jacobo Dicenta (Álvaro Mesía)

Alejandro Arestegui (Vegallana)

A co-production of the FernánGómez Theatre, the Cultural Centre of La Villa and Sequence 3. Language: Spanish.