speaks franz kafka in her story report for an academyPedro el Rojo, a trained monkey journey from the beast state to something humanoid. This round, but on the contrary, return to the beastIt is the play suggested by Alicante playwright Lola Blasco. About the life of animals a text from a novel Elizabeth Costello Nobel prize jm coetzeeOn view until January 15 Madrid Spanish Theatre.
“For many years I thought this novel, especially the part about animals, could be adapted for the theater,” says the 2016 National Award for Dramatic Literature.eight lectures by author Elizabeth Costello, The alter ego of the South African writer. In a production he directed, Blasco focused on two in particular to give the film a theatrical form. Pepa Gamboa and actress Nathalie Seseña.
And it’s not about literature, but about literature, presented by this author in Madrid. about the life of animals. “I’m interested in some philosophical approaches that talk about saving lost animality, and I think it’s time to do that now because I think they’re starting to make laws about animals. they are beginning to be accepted as sentient beings.”
pandemic for the author a turning point “As most of us rediscover nature, it was reclaiming its own space, and that got me thinking about what kind of species we are.” And that the work “not only mentions animals, but also human evil».
It allows the discussion to go beyond “to eat meat or not” and to appeal not only to “already convinced” animal lovers, but also to people who “maybe” have never thought about it. “We want the people to come and reflecting where we humans are going, not whether we eat meat or not. and where we’re taking the planet. People leave the theater emotional and that’s the point ».
“The problem is—emphasizes—our entire economic and political system, of us being someone else immersed in the disaster of climate change, the pandemic, and war… we are not changing, we are returning to the same thing, and it seems our thinking not rationally reasonableat least when it comes to sustainability.”
genocide metaphor
Coetzee, through Elizabeth Costello’s speech in her novel, metaphor with the nazi genocide That Lola Blasco continued in her game. “The crime of the Third Reich, the voice of the prosecution, was to treat people like animals,” he says, according to the conference. And the playwright states: “Because There were slaughterhouses before, this destruction system was used later.».
The job is structured as follows: a monologue, «but there are so many dream games; Costello takes us to ideas of heaven and hell and will force us to follow him so that we don’t get out of that journey “so” unharmed.something contradictory, not straight talk» confirms the author, who also guarantees that it is. A reflection “on the idea of writing”.
Lola Blasco envisions theater as a means of commitment. “It is true that it is a responsibility for me and I always try to send a message on poetic devotion and with the world. I do not hesitate to say that I am interested in a theater about the legacy we have inherited and what we leave behind; I think it is very important that we do this reflection because system does not hold it survives on its own and by enslaving others, not just animals.”
for the author of works such as My century, my beast, “I don’t know if it helps much, but it’s important to talk about it.” Now this work is left until mid-January. A tour will then take place. “According to me work goes to Alicante».