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Camaguey, Nov 20.- At the National Theatre Festival, the classic of Cuban dramaturgy, Réquiem por Yarini, for the Teatro El Público troupe, returns to the scene.
The exhibition includes renowned figures from the scene, television, cinema and new values of the performance, in an acting work that achieves the union of consecrated actors and actresses with the youngest, to give us a set with the imprint of Carlos Díaz, National Theatre Award 2015.
In the work, his creator reinvented Alberto Yarini as Alejandro, seizing the legend that has been woven around the king of the popular neighborhood of San Isidro, played on this occasion by Fernando Ramírez.
The staging is a recreation of the famous pimp who dedicated himself to the prostitution business, who at the age of 28 died of five gunshot wounds, to register as one of the most famous legends of Cuban society.
The link of La Macorina (María Calvo Nodarse) and Yarini, is a tribute to two of the urban legends of the Havana streets. Calvo Nodarse, was the first woman to drive a car in 20th century Cuba; her courage, beauty and elegance made her enter the most select circles of Cuban society of the time, which made it easier for her to become one of the most famous prostitutes.
In the work she presents herself as a high society lady interested in meeting the king of pimping and thus discovering what his charm was. Patiently waits for this, until she manages to know him and fulfill another of her desires: to dance a danzón with Yarini.
In the staging of this November 18, La Macorina is played by the first actor Fernando Hechevarría, whose character recreates a rapprochement between the Cuban Mata Hari and the protagonist of the work.
Alongside him, La Jabá, played by Giselle Sobrino, his right hand and before him, La Santiaguera, in the skin of Lissete de León, the woman he loves and Lotot, the only rival who dares to face him. Destiny, fatality, tragic error come together in this plot, which has so often been represented by different directors and has been taken to television and cinema, demonstrating that the interest in this piece of Carlos Felipe remains among us.
The play arrives in the City of the Earthenware Jars as part of the National Theatre Festival, an event that brings together the best of theatrical art on the island. (Text: Hilda Camila Recio Costilla) (Photo: Humberto Cid)
