Juan José is an 1895 melodramatic play by the Spanish writer Joaquín Dicenta. It was first staged at the Teatro de la Comedia in Madrid on 25 October 1895.[1] The film adaptation became noted for its subversive social criticism and was often banned. A tradition developed of staging the play on May Day. Between 1895 and 1939 it was estimated to be the second most performed play in Spain.[2]
Synopsis
editA labourer violently quarrels with his employer over a woman.
Film adaptation
editIn 1928 the play was adapted into a film Life directed by Adelqui Migliar for the British company Whitehall Films. It featured a mixed cast of Spanish and British actors, and was shot on location in Spain.
References
editBibliography
edit- Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
- Thatcher Gies, David. The Theatre in Nineteenth-Century Spain. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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