El gran galeoto (1881), José Echegaray y Eizaguirre

Productions in Spanish

El gran galeoto

Details: Dates: 1881
Venue: Teatro Morelli
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

El gran galeoto (Rafael Calvo)

Details

Director: Rafael Calvo
Dates: June 1881
Venue: Teatro Romea
Location: Murcia, Spain

Critical response

This production was surrounded by a buzz because Echegaray was supposed to be attending, although in the end he did not. Despite this, the production was a huge success and played to packed houses. Even the critics enjoyed the play, lauding its epic quality and depth (Crespo Pérez 2006: 17).

Crespo Pérez, Antonio. 2006. ‘Murcia y José Echegaray: discurso leído el día 30 de abril de 1991 en su recepción pública’. Alicante, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/murcia-y-jose-echegaray-discurso-leido-el-dia-30-de-abril-de-1991-en-su-recepcion-publica--0/pdf/ [accessed January 2011] (Online Publication) (in Spanish)

El gran galeoto (Rafael Calvo)

Details: Director: Rafael Calvo
Dates: 1883
Venue: Teatro Nacional
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

El gran galeoto (Antonio Vico)

Details: Director: Antonio Vico
Dates: 1890
Venue: Teatro Romea
Location: Murcia, Spain
Further information: This production was dedicated to the memory of the director and actor Rafael Calvo, on the second anniversary of his death. Rafael Calvo directed a number of productions of El gran galeoto.

El gran galeoto

Details

Production company: Theatre Company of José Mata and Wenceslao Bueno
Dates: 1894
Venue: Teatro Romea
Location: Murcia, Spain

Further information

Fernando Díaz de Mendoza’s performance of Ernesto was highly commended, in that he managed to inject new life into a role that was, by now, very familiar to Spanish audiences (Crespo Pérez 2006: 31).

Crespo Pérez, Antonio. 2006. ‘Murcia y José Echegaray: discurso leído el día 30 de abril de 1991 en su recepción pública’. Alicante, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/murcia-y-jose-echegaray-discurso-leido-el-dia-30-de-abril-de-1991-en-su-recepcion-publica--0/pdf/ [accessed January 2011] (Online Publication) (in Spanish)

El gran galeoto (Francisco Morano)

Details

Director: Francisco Morano
Dates: 1913
Venue: Teatro Romea
Location: Murcia, Spain

Critical response

Even though Echegaray had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1904, by the turn of the century the popularity of his plays had waned and were not performed as frequently as before. Indeed, this production was not a great success, as the play was now being criticised for being antiquated (Crespo Pérez 2006: 46-7).

Crespo Pérez, Antonio. 2006. ‘Murcia y José Echegaray: discurso leído el día 30 de abril de 1991 en su recepción pública’. Alicante, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/murcia-y-jose-echegaray-discurso-leido-el-dia-30-de-abril-de-1991-en-su-recepcion-publica--0/pdf/ [accessed January 2011] (Online Publication) (in Spanish)

El gran galeoto

Details: Production company: Theatre Company of Enrique Borrás
Dates: December 1916
Venue: Teatro Romea
Location: Murcia, Spain
Further information: This production was staged in homage to José Echegaray, who had died earlier that year.

Productions in English

The World and His Wife (William Faversham)

Details: Director: William Faversham
Based on translation: The World and His Wife (1908) by Pedro Rozo
Dates: 1907
Venue: Hollis Street Theatre
Location: Boston, United States

The World and His Wife (William Faversham)

Details: Director: William Faversham
Based on translation: The World and His Wife (1908) by Pedro Rozo
Dates: 1908
Venue: Garrick Theatre
Location: Chicago, United States