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Senora Carrar's Rifles (Bandele)

Short Play, Satire/Political Satire  /  3w, 6m

It is a modern version of the Irish dramatist John Millington Synge's play Riders to the Sea (1904).

Senora Carrar's Rifles (Bandele)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 6m
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

Details

Summary

The play's setting is re-located to Spain during the height of the Civil War. Teresa Carrar, the mother, wants to protect her children but ends up fighting on the side of the oppressed.

Cast Attributes

Teresa Carrar, a fisherwoman

Jose, her younger son

Pedro Jaqueras, a worker, brother of Teresa Carrar

The Wounded Man

Manuela

The Priest

Old Mrs Perez

Two Fisherman

Women 

Children

  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Authors

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poet and director, was born in Augsburg, Germany in February 1898. He established himself as a playwright during the 1920s and early 1930s with plays such as Baal, Man is Man, The Threepenny Opera and The Mother. In 1933, as Hitler came ...
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