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- Cinema utoppia
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Cinema utoppia (c.1985), Ramón Griffero
- Scene
The play is not divided into acts and scenes, but each episode is given a title.
- Cast number
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Minimum Maximum 7 males None male 4 females None female 11 (total) None (total) - Cast information
- The AUDIENCE, POLICE, CYCLISTS and PEOPLE IN THE STREET can either be doubled by other characters, or the cast can be expanded to incorporate these auxiliary roles.
- Characters
IN THE STALLS:
- USHER, the usher was born in the cinema and has never left it. All his actions are taken from the films he has seen. He could be about 40, but he is as shy as a child. He is utopia.
- LA SEÑORA, impoverished upper middle class, 60 years old. A character from a radio series (radionovela). She is the ‘Mills and Boons’ romantic.
- MARIANA, the niece of la Señora. Mentally retarded, slight Down’s Syndrome. She is purity.
- ARTURO, the sceptical one, disillusioned with life, but at the same time defying it. He despises society, but he is lucid.
- THE MAN WITH THE RABBIT, having been betrayed once in love, he concentrates completely on his rabbit, paranoid about being used again.
- ESTELA, the lonely one. She loved popcorn, she believes that everything has finished for her. 38 years old.
- THE SAILOR, marines, bored on his day of leave.
ON THE SCREEN:
- SEBASTIAN, a young exile, 26 years old, disillusioned after the destruction of his ideals.
- ESTEBAN, friend of Sebastian, whom he admires. Film studies student.
- THE OWNER, 45 years old, owner of Sebastian’s apartment.
- HER, Sebastian’s friend, detained and disappeared, she is a ghost, in his memory.
Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 31 May 2012.
