Juan Mayorga directs his own play 'El jardín quemado' at Teatro de la Abadía
Juan Mayorga, now director of Teatro de la Abadía in Madrid, has chosen to direct his own early play 'El jardín quemado', written in 1997. The work challenges Spain's understanding of memory, forgetting, and reconciliation, years before the first Civil War mass grave was exhumed in Priaranza del Bierzo. The play deceives with a classical appearance, respecting unity of time and place, but hides a complex structure where time, space, and language explode. Mayorga aims to push the audience out of their comfort zone.
Key facts
- Juan Mayorga wrote 'El jardín quemado' in 1997.
- Mayorga is the director of Teatro de la Abadía in Madrid.
- The play questions the meaning of memory, forgetting, and reconciliation in Spain.
- The first Civil War mass grave exhumation occurred in Priaranza del Bierzo years after the play was written.
- The play respects classical unity of time and space but has a complex underlying structure.
- Mayorga intends to make the audience leave their comfort zone.
- The play is a youth work of Mayorga.
- The work is described as a resonance box.
Entities
Artists
- Juan Mayorga
Institutions
- Teatro de la Abadía
Locations
- Madrid
- Spain
- Priaranza del Bierzo