CALANDRIA
A DRAMA OF GAUCHO LIFE BY
MARTINIANO LEGUIZAMON (1858-1935)
translated from spanish
Act I The Captive - Act II Into the Gorge -Act III The abandoned farmhouse - Act IV Outlaw life - Act V The flower of the plain - Act VI The dance - Act VII Mockery - Act VIII At the Pulpería - Act IX The flight - Act X Redemption
NOTES
CHARACTERS
CALANDRIA (The Mocking Bird) an outlaw Gaucho
EL BOYERO (The Blackbird) his comrade
ÑO DAMASIO, the lasso maker
HIS DAUGHTERS: LUCIA, The flower of the plain & ROSA
TRIFONA, wife of Ño Damasio
CAPTAIN SALDAÑA
SERGEANT FLORES
RAMON, Gallegan pulpero
MAZACOTE, sheriff
PEÑALVA, ranch owner
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Gauchos, guitarists,and singers: SILVESTRE, MARTIN, MAURO, EZEQUIEL
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Students from (Concepción del) Uruguay: JOSE, ENRIQUE, RAIMUNDO
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Other Gauchos, girls, and military police
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The action takes place in the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, from 1870 to 1879
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This play was completed on March 25th, 1896 and was first performed by the Podestá Company at the Teatro de la Victoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 21st , 1896
END of CHARACTERS - "CALANDRIA" - digitalized to "La Voz de Sola" Aug 2004 by Susana de Tezanos Pinto de Arana T.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:LEGUIZAMON, Martiniano, "CALANDRIA, A DRAMA OF GAUCHO LIFE", Translated from the spanish, New York, The Hispanic Society of America, 1932
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