El Farmer
<p>In his novel, Andrés Rivera presents Juan Manuel de Rosas exiled in England. The man who dominated the public and private destinies of Argentina for more than twenty years has become a farmer, a farmer on the outskirts of Southampton.</p>
- Fecha
- MondayJune 20, 2016
In his novel, Andrés Rivera presents Juan Manuel de Rosas exiled in England. The man who dominated the public and private destinies of Argentina for more than twenty years has become a farmer, a farmer on the outskirts of Southampton. He is alone and feels abandoned and betrayed. Throughout December 27, 1871, huddled next to a brazier and with only the company of a dog in heat, he reviews, at times with longing and at times with resentment, the bright and dark moments of his life. It is a long monologue through which Lavalle, Urquiza, Sarmiento, Camila O’Gorman, Unitarians and Federalists, ranchers, generals, and the bourgeoisie parade. And Rosas stands above them all as “the Argentine who never doubted”.
El farmer, based on the novel by Andrés Rivera, adapted by Pompeyo Audivert and Rodrigo de la Serna and directed by Audivert, de la Serna and Andrés Mangone. The performers are Pompeyo Audivert and Rodrigo de la Serna and the musician on stage is Claudio Peña. The original music and sound design are also by Claudio Peña, lighting is by Leandra Rodríguez, costumes by Julio Suárez and set design by Alicia Leloutre.