Fuente Ovejuna - a play from Spain's Golden Age

[dejla]

Which would be the 16th and 17th centuries, BTW...

Fuente Ovejuna

The play is based upon an actual historical incident that took place in the village of Fuente Ovejuna in Castile in 1476. While under the command of the Order of Calatrava, a commander, Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, mistreated the villagers, who banded together and killed him. When a

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[ithildyn]

Welcome home! The play sounds wonderful!

[dejla]

Oh, it was! And Scott Wentworth makes a terrific autocratic Commander. He's a terrific villain. We had front-row seats. And Geraint Wyn Davies was King Ferdinand. He was also Polonius in Hamlet that evening, with Scott as Claudius. Great Hamlet, and lots of fun.

Will do trip report when I have time.