On Friday, one of the playwrights will give a talk about the play, which is based on the real life of Carmen Díez Rivera.
La Salita hall presents this week the story of Carmen Díez Rivera, the chief of staff during Spain’s transition government, in the show Carmen, nada de nadie, a co-production of Teatro Español and Tablas y más Tablas, written by Francisco Justo Tallón and Miguel Pérez García. The performances are scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday 25), Friday (26) at 7.30 p.m., and Sunday (28) at midday.
Tickets for all three shows are sold out. On Friday, starting at 6 p.m., the playwright Miguel Pérez García will give a talk about the play’s writing and research process. The session will take place in the Chamber Hall, with free entry until full capacity is reached.
Beatriz Argüello leads the cast as Carmen, alongside Oriol Tarrasón, Ana Fernández, and Víctor Massan, with direction by Fernando Soto.
Carmen Díez Rivera was a woman who was ahead of her time. This expression aptly describes a person who felt free since her childhood in a society and at a time when being an independent woman was considered outrageous. With her brilliant intelligence and limitless resolve, she never settled for conventional responses and sought truth at any cost.
Her life was so exceptional that it may be compared to Greek tragedies such as Antigone and Ariadne. She was born amid extraordinary familial circumstances within the most illustrious members of the Spanish aristocracy, but a family secret changed her destiny forever. Renouncing upper-class privileges, she eventually achieved a position held by no other woman in this country: Chief of Staff of the Office of the Prime Minister of Spain.
The time she spent in this position coincided with one of the most interesting, complex and intense periods of Spanish history: the country’s transition to democracy. Surrounded by figures who are now part of Spain’s history, she struggled against obstacles and individuals in her path, often doing so alone. With her unyielding resolve and intelligent gaze, she always intended to guide her country towards what she considered a state of normality: democracy. The strength and conviction she displayed while holding this public office contrast with her sadness and inability to achieve an inner peace that had been shattered since her adolescence by a family secret that tormented her.
Onstage, a woman with sad eyes and steely determination recalls the highlights of her intense and daring political career while remembering the moments of intimacy that marked her downfall and her character. Some of the most historically significant figures of our history will pass through her memory and before our eyes.