• Overview
• Staging information
• Translations
• Sample translations
• Production history

Scene

The play is divided into three acts. Act 1 has one scene, act 2 has five scenes and act 3 has five scenes.

Staging

The action takes place in Madrid. The play begins outside a half-built house, surrounded by scaffolding and construction equipment. Scenes 1, 2 and 3 of act 2 take place inside an apartment block. Scenes 4 and 5 of this act take place inside and around the Face of God hermitage. A street square is filled with sellers of food and drink as the neighbourhood celebrates Easter. Act 3 is set inside and around the half-built house.

Music

The play contains a number of songs and musical interludes. These were written by the composer Ruperto Chapí.

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
9 males	20 males
6 females	20 females
15 (total)	40 (total)

Characters

• SOLEDAD
• JESUSA
• FLORENCIA
• YOUNG LADY
• OBDULIA
• REMEDIOS
• RITA
• CASILDA
• CANDIDA
• CONSUELO
• ANCELITA
• PAULA
• NEIGHBOUR 1
• NEIGHBOUR 2
• NEIGHBOUR 3
• A GIRL
• LA TABERNERA
• A BOY (THE SON OF RAMON AND SOLEDAD)
• RAMON
• ELEUTERIO
• UNCLE DOROTEO
• SEÑOR FERMIN
• EUSTAQUIO
• SERENO
• BRICKLAYER 1
• BRICKLAYER 2
• BRICKLAYER 3
• DIONISIO
• A CARTWRIGHT
• A CIVIL GUARD
• A BOY
• YOUNG MAN
• THE MASTER OF WORKS
• A TAVERN BOY
• DRUNK 1
• DRUNK 2
• DRUNK 3
• A CROWD OF STREET TRADERS, BEGGARS, PASSERS-BY, NEIGHBOURS

Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 12 November 2011.

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