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

The Orgy (1974), translated by Robert Rudder , Gerardo Luzriaga

Editions

• Luzuriaga, Gerardo and Robert S. Rudder, eds. and trans. 1974. The Orgy: Modern One-Act Plays from Latin America. Los Angeles, University of California, UCLA Latin American Center

• Weiss, Judith A, ed. 2004. Colombian Theatre in the Vortex: Seven Plays. Lewisburg. Bucknell University Press

Scene

This is a one act play.

Staging

Taken from the opening stage directions of the play:

Sitting in a very old easy chair in front of a mirror, the OLD WOMAN primps.  On both sides of the chair are piles of clothing that had once been lovely and elegant.

Characters

• THE OLD WOMAN
• THE MUTE
• FIRST BEGGAR
• SECOND BEGGAR
• THIRD BEGGAR
• THE DWARF

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
6 (total)	6 (total)
4 males	5 males
1 females	2 females

Productions

• The Orgy (United States, 2008)

Samples

• ACT ONE

Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 5 October 2010.

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