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Un busto al cuerpo (1999), Ernesto Caballero

Productions in Spanish

Un busto al cuerpo (Ernesto Caballero)

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Director: Ernesto Caballero
Dates: 28 December 1999
Venue: Teatro Moderno
Location: Guadalajara, Spain

Un busto al cuerpo (Ernesto Caballero)

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Director: Ernesto Caballero
Dates: November 2000
Venue: Teatro Principal
Location: Alicante, Spain

Un busto al cuerpo (Ernesto Caballero)

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Director: Ernesto Caballero
Production company: Teatro el Cruce
Dates: April 2002
Venue: Teatro Alfil
Location: Madrid, Spain

Un busto al cuerpo (Teresita Galimany)

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Director: Teresita Galimany
Dates: April 2002
Venue: Teatro Celcit
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Un busto al cuerpo (A Bust for Every Body) (Alejandro Samek)

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Director: Alejandro Samek
Production company: Repertorio Español
Dates: from May 2004 to August 2004
Venue: Gramercy Theatre
Location: New York, United States
Critical response

This production divided critics. Some reviewers criticised the play for being overly wordy and for lacking satirical bite. Jorge Morales, writing in The Village Voice,described it as ‘a chatty commentary on an Extreme Makeover-obsessed society’ but complained that the ‘two catfights too many’ between the two older Cristinas led him to believe that ‘only a guy could have written this play’ (2004). In contrast, the critic for The New York Times greatly enjoyed the comedy of the piece, pointing out that ‘in indelicate hands such material could be offensive or terribly boring’ (Bruckner 2004). He commended the way in which the play goes beyond its superficial subject matter, noting:

On the surface Un busto al cuerpo (A Bust for Every Body), by the Spanish playwright Ernesto Caballero, is all about silicone and looking good. But at a deeper, more enjoyable level, it explores a question that has inspired several of his plays: Just who do we think we are? (Bruckner 2004)

Further information

This production was in Spanish with a simultaneous English translation.

More information about this production is available by clicking on the Repertorio Español website [accessed May 2010].

Un busto al cuerpo (Hans Velásquez)

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Director: Hans Velásquez
Production company: Cuatro Fuego Producciones
Dates: September 2009
Venue: Laboratorio Teatral Anna Julia Rojas
Location: Caracas, Venezuela

Un busto al cuerpo (Ina Mayushin, Sergio Paris)

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Director: Ina Mayushin , Sergio Paris
Production company: Ketó
Dates: from November 2009 to December 2009
Venue: Teatro Racional
Location: Lima, Peru

Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 13 November 2010.

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