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ADAPTATION OF CERVANTES' FAMOUS NOVEL

An exquisite jewel of Golden Age literature, unique, avant-garde in its time, of exultant humanity.

A Cervantes of yesterday for today...

"Know for certain and ascertain that misfortunes seek out the unfortunate."

and they will find him even if he hides in the farthest corners of the earth."

or how there are dogs who act like noble people, and people who behave like dogs.

Cervantes wrote this, his last Exemplary Novel, in the twilight of his life, just a few years before his death, masterfully demonstrating an ironic pessimism that made him ahead of his time with a narrative unparalleled and unprecedented in its modernity. He stages the conversation between two dogs, named Cipión and Berganza, who, upon discovering they have acquired the ability to speak, decide to recount their experiences with different masters in Spain at the time , already awaiting a prophecy that will transform them into men. The enigma is surprisingly resolved after a ghostly apparition that explains the reason for their magical transformation.

The story is constructed according to the principles of the picaresque novel. Through the counterpoint of the dogs' comments—in our adaptation, they are people—an old and taciturn Cervantes reflects on the relationship between verisimilitude and reality, on the corruption and selfishness of society, and, most importantly, on the fraternity of humankind.

In our proposal, the original roles played by two dogs have been changed to those of an impoverished nobleman and a ragged beggar, also "dogs" disinherited by fortune , who, with the same zeal as Cervantes, narrate their experiences between bitterness and comedy, in a subtle, and sometimes undeniable, comparison with our times.

Genre: Theatre. Style: Classical. Duration: 85 min.

Show included in the programming of the Network of Theatres of Castilla y León.

Event website : http://www.morfeoteatro.com

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  • Postal address Auditorio Ciudad de León - Avenida Reyes Leoneses, 4. municipality of León . NaN. León