Ay Carmela (play)

Ay Carmela (play)

"Ay Carmela" is a play by José Sanchis Sinisterra. It is set in the opening months of the Spanish Civil War. Heavily allegorical, it tells the story of travelling players, Carmela and Paulino - and their mute assistant, Gustavete - who blunder into the wrong place at the wrong time. A film of the same name - "¡Ay Carmela!" - was released in 1990.The play takes its name from a popular Spanish Civil war song "Ay Carmela".

Originally written in Spanish, it toured in 2006 in the UK in English [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/14150/ay-carmela] .

cripts

*Ñaque, Ay, Carmela! by José Sanchis Sinisterra (Spanish, paperback) Ediciones Catedra, 1991). ISBN 978-843-7610-344
*Ay, Carmela! by José Sanchis Sinisterra, trans. John London (English, paperback) New Theatre Publications, 2003. ISBN 978-184-094-3221


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