Tickets for the three performances of this play, which reclaims a feminist character from Don Quixote, are sold out.
Auditorio de Tenerife’s La Salita will host performances of Marcela (Una canción de Cervantes) (Marcela – A Song of Cervantes) by Sociedad Cervantina on Friday, 14th and Saturday, 15th of November at 7.30 p.m., and on Sunday, 16th at 12 noon. Under the direction of Leticia Dolera, with Celia Freijeiro in the lead role and dramaturgy by María Folguera, this production draws from chapter XIV of El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. Following the first show, there will be a post-performance talk.
The three creators explore Marcela, one of Cervantes’s most famous characters. In this play, produced by Sociedad Cervantina with the support of INAEM (National Institute of Performing Arts and Music) and the ‘La Caixa’ Foundation, the cadaver of Grisóstomo has been discovered, and a woman has been accused of his murder: Marcela. The shepherds suspect Marcela, because they don’t like her beauty or her proud ways. The story takes place in 1605, and everyone believes she deserves to be punished. But Marcela refuses to knuckle under and speaks in her own defence.
María Folguera explains that ‘Much has been said and written about Marcela as a feminist icon, for her vibrant denouncement of guilt, which fascinated Don Quixote and offended the men around her. We want to bring Marcela to the stage to look beyond this evident first and powerful impression and to celebrate the rich literature of Cervantes.’
For Leticia Dolera, ‘Directing this production and bringing to life a character like Marcela -who invites us to reflect on love, power and the radical fear of a free woman- is a lovely way to pay tribute to Cervantes, who is one of the most important authors of universal literature, and to all the Marcelas past, present and future’.
Since the 1950s, Sociedad Cervantina has undertaken and promoted countless cultural projects, and Imprenta del Quijote has become a cultural space focused on advancing research and dialogue regarding our classics while encouraging and fostering the development and expression of new Spanish talent.