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La paz perpetua (c.2007), Juan Mayorga Ruano
- Scene
The play takes place over an undefined period of time. The light in the room changes, although we do not know whether it is day or night-time.
- Staging
The action is set ‘in any closed-in space between two doors’ (Mayorga 2009: 29). This space has a water bowl, and in the course of the play the Human Being throws the dogs meat and a rubber toy to chew on. The dogs are taken in and out of the space as required, led on a leash by the Human Being. At the start of the play John-John listens to music through headphones. At other times, the dogs hear bursts of unidentified music and often hum what they hear. The tests are accompanied by the tick-tock of the Human Being’s stopwatch.
Mayorga, Juan. 2009. La paz perpetua. Oviedo, Editorial KRK (in Spanish)
- Cast number
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Minimum Maximum 0 males 5 males 0 females 5 females 5 (total) 5 (total) - Cast information
- In the 2008 CDN production the Human Being was female. In the 2011 production in Cantabria the three dogs were played by women. The characters names were changed to Dina, Jane-Jane and Emma.
- Characters
- ODIN, Rottweiler
- JOHN-JOHN, Cross-breed
- IMMANUEL, German shepherd
- HUMAN BEING
- CASSIUS
Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 22 May 2011.
