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When Five Years Pass
Full-Length Play, Drama / 6f, 14m
Federico García Lorca, Gwynne Edwards
"This is one of Lorca’s most daringly surrealist plays... this tender, funny but melancholy play is a revelation." John Peters, Sunday Times
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Cast Size
6f, 14m -
Subgenre
Fantasy, Experimental -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Of all of Lorca's plays this is perhaps the most experimental, demonstrating his strong interest in surrealism. In the play dreams are mixed with reality, characters and events are presented in no particular order and there is no definable plot. Time is also uncertain. The dream-like quality of this play offers excellent opportunities for sound, lighting and set design.
Performing Groups
- Setting A library, a bedroom, a forest
- Features Fantasy Costumes
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936) is widely considered to be Spain's most important playwright and poet. He and his close friend Salvador Dalí took the literary and artistic worlds by storm in the 1920's, introducing daring explorations of desire, sexuality and surrealism. ...