are 72 pages of handwritten letters with two different handwritings. Both irregular, tapering lines and without any control on margins. Texts are full of annotations, deletions. It is a play with almost all parts, except the title. And nobody knew absolutely nothing about it.
This is part of the treasure they were the heirs of Antonio and Manuel Machado and a half years ago, during one of the recovery work of the manuscripts of the writers by the family . "We saw that 60% were written by Antonio and 40% by Manuel. It is a prose play completely new," says the great-nephew of the brothers, Manuel Alvarez Machado.
The text appearing among a cluster of more 3,000 documents, plus poems, articles and letters. Is the material that remained in Madrid after the Civil War began on 18 July 1936. Manuel and Antonio had left the city in July and November of that year, respectively. The two had planned to return, but when the war ended, everything had changed. Antonio died in the French town of Collioure, in February 1939, Manuel was asked to collect material from the house of his brother, then at Madrid General Arrando street and take it to yours, in Churruca, very close Municipal Library, where he had worked for the Republic. After the death of Manuel, in 1947, and the only brother who remained in Spain, Francisco, all the material passed to the other descendants.
The work of recovery and digitization of Machadian began 12 years ago. However, it was the play that caused the greatest impact on the family. "Nobody knew anything, and we assume that the written between the two by 1934 or 1935. It has no title, but we call it like its protagonist, Adriana Lecouvreur," says Alvarez Machado. In fact, it was quite common for two brothers titled his plays under the name of his players as Juan de Manara, The Countess and The Benamejí Fernanda premium.
Adriana Lecouvreur, who has just published the editorial Alupe, is a work of police intrigue and a tribute to the theater with a large dose of social criticism. The protagonist is an actress who existed and was the first figure of the Comedie Francaise in the eighteenth century. Friend of the philosopher Voltaire, his sad end in 1730 motivated by dysentery in 1850 the playwright Eugène Scribe compose a work dedicated to it, introducing the cause of death as poisoning. In 1902 the story was so well known that Francesco Cilea mounted an opera with this argument.
The Machado brothers, however, their mark in the tragic story of the young actress. Among the differences, Lecouvreur not the daughter of a poor family who achieved stardom, but a noble to repudiate his father to devote himself to the theater and that many chances just broke. Not die from poisoning, but is involved in a plot in which, playing vaudeville, the plot and thriller, there are bandits and prostitutes with the sole purpose of killing the actress. The playwrights also introduced a jealous princess as the main instigator of the crime. At the end I was a English tragicomedy of manners, who drinks of the same instincts that his other play, the famous La Lola is going to ports.
"They always were more interested in popular culture that the university club," says Manuel Alvarez. In fact, the theater reached quite resonate with the public and the two writers remained friends with actresses of the era known as the great interpreter Margarita Xirgu, and playwrights such as Jacinto Benavente.
"Manuel Franco criticized whenever he could," said his great-nephew
This work was mixed with other papers that include items that Manuel wrote for the press of the Franco regime. According to his great-nephew says Manuel Alvarez, are the pages in which his uncle had annotations to expressions that propaganda had added to his writings. "When you read these pages you realize that whole phrases crossed out, not censorship, but for the opposite. Are expressions like so you have to applaud the English Falange." Many Top Spain 'and Viva Falange' crossed "says Manuel Alvarez.
The only text that belongs to no corrections 1946. Manuel managed to shake off the censorship in an article entitled The fifth did not kill. "It says clearly: You can die for an idea, but not kill it." I insisted that Fascism and the Falange had used violence and had failed so miserably. Puts them head over heels, "says Alvarez .
Despite these items, the image of Manuel Machado has suffered "a controversy, with which it had to fight Antonio because his position was always quite clear, "says his great-nephew. However, he said, Manuel Machado attempted to flee on several occasions," but he was caught and other writers as [José María] Pemán warned him not to try again, because could bring serious consequences. My opinion is that he stayed in Spain and criticized the system whenever he could. "
Among the documents belonging to the family also contained many letters that were sent between siblings and among the rest of the family and friends. But still remain locked. Only There is an accessible written by Antonio to his father in 1893, when he was 17. It is the first written document that is owned by the author of Campos de Castilla.
Antonio Machado Alvarez had left in 1892 to Puerto Rico in search of work. His son, who then had "a peculiar letter, small and great, nothing and nothing pretty homogenous," says his great-nephew, wrote a letter in which he talked about the education of their siblings. It was still the voice of a teenager.
Despite these more than 3,000 documents from the Machado brothers, Manuel Alvarez believes that the figure of his illustrious family has gone through a period of disinterest. "And it seems that there are things you want to ignore. I have a video of Antonio in the conference of January 14, 1937 of the Unified Socialist Youth. There appears to Santiago Carrillo and The Passion, and with the right fist raised. Because Antonio was more to the left of the traditional parties of the left, "laments his family. Also surprised that neither the Ministry of Culture and the City of Seville and the Andalusian show their willingness to Machadian file.
yet unpublished material, said Manuel Machado Alvarez, will be published shortly. Even if no publisher is interested, you may hang it directly on the Internet.
This is part of the treasure they were the heirs of Antonio and Manuel Machado and a half years ago, during one of the recovery work of the manuscripts of the writers by the family . "We saw that 60% were written by Antonio and 40% by Manuel. It is a prose play completely new," says the great-nephew of the brothers, Manuel Alvarez Machado.
The text appearing among a cluster of more 3,000 documents, plus poems, articles and letters. Is the material that remained in Madrid after the Civil War began on 18 July 1936. Manuel and Antonio had left the city in July and November of that year, respectively. The two had planned to return, but when the war ended, everything had changed. Antonio died in the French town of Collioure, in February 1939, Manuel was asked to collect material from the house of his brother, then at Madrid General Arrando street and take it to yours, in Churruca, very close Municipal Library, where he had worked for the Republic. After the death of Manuel, in 1947, and the only brother who remained in Spain, Francisco, all the material passed to the other descendants. The work of recovery and digitization of Machadian began 12 years ago. However, it was the play that caused the greatest impact on the family. "Nobody knew anything, and we assume that the written between the two by 1934 or 1935. It has no title, but we call it like its protagonist, Adriana Lecouvreur," says Alvarez Machado. In fact, it was quite common for two brothers titled his plays under the name of his players as Juan de Manara, The Countess and The Benamejí Fernanda premium.
Adriana Lecouvreur, who has just published the editorial Alupe, is a work of police intrigue and a tribute to the theater with a large dose of social criticism. The protagonist is an actress who existed and was the first figure of the Comedie Francaise in the eighteenth century. Friend of the philosopher Voltaire, his sad end in 1730 motivated by dysentery in 1850 the playwright Eugène Scribe compose a work dedicated to it, introducing the cause of death as poisoning. In 1902 the story was so well known that Francesco Cilea mounted an opera with this argument.
The Machado brothers, however, their mark in the tragic story of the young actress. Among the differences, Lecouvreur not the daughter of a poor family who achieved stardom, but a noble to repudiate his father to devote himself to the theater and that many chances just broke. Not die from poisoning, but is involved in a plot in which, playing vaudeville, the plot and thriller, there are bandits and prostitutes with the sole purpose of killing the actress. The playwrights also introduced a jealous princess as the main instigator of the crime. At the end I was a English tragicomedy of manners, who drinks of the same instincts that his other play, the famous La Lola is going to ports.
"They always were more interested in popular culture that the university club," says Manuel Alvarez. In fact, the theater reached quite resonate with the public and the two writers remained friends with actresses of the era known as the great interpreter Margarita Xirgu, and playwrights such as Jacinto Benavente.
"Manuel Franco criticized whenever he could," said his great-nephew
This work was mixed with other papers that include items that Manuel wrote for the press of the Franco regime. According to his great-nephew says Manuel Alvarez, are the pages in which his uncle had annotations to expressions that propaganda had added to his writings. "When you read these pages you realize that whole phrases crossed out, not censorship, but for the opposite. Are expressions like so you have to applaud the English Falange." Many Top Spain 'and Viva Falange' crossed "says Manuel Alvarez.
The only text that belongs to no corrections 1946. Manuel managed to shake off the censorship in an article entitled The fifth did not kill. "It says clearly: You can die for an idea, but not kill it." I insisted that Fascism and the Falange had used violence and had failed so miserably. Puts them head over heels, "says Alvarez .
Despite these items, the image of Manuel Machado has suffered "a controversy, with which it had to fight Antonio because his position was always quite clear, "says his great-nephew. However, he said, Manuel Machado attempted to flee on several occasions," but he was caught and other writers as [José María] Pemán warned him not to try again, because could bring serious consequences. My opinion is that he stayed in Spain and criticized the system whenever he could. "
Among the documents belonging to the family also contained many letters that were sent between siblings and among the rest of the family and friends. But still remain locked. Only There is an accessible written by Antonio to his father in 1893, when he was 17. It is the first written document that is owned by the author of Campos de Castilla.
Antonio Machado Alvarez had left in 1892 to Puerto Rico in search of work. His son, who then had "a peculiar letter, small and great, nothing and nothing pretty homogenous," says his great-nephew, wrote a letter in which he talked about the education of their siblings. It was still the voice of a teenager.
Despite these more than 3,000 documents from the Machado brothers, Manuel Alvarez believes that the figure of his illustrious family has gone through a period of disinterest. "And it seems that there are things you want to ignore. I have a video of Antonio in the conference of January 14, 1937 of the Unified Socialist Youth. There appears to Santiago Carrillo and The Passion, and with the right fist raised. Because Antonio was more to the left of the traditional parties of the left, "laments his family. Also surprised that neither the Ministry of Culture and the City of Seville and the Andalusian show their willingness to Machadian file.
yet unpublished material, said Manuel Machado Alvarez, will be published shortly. Even if no publisher is interested, you may hang it directly on the Internet.
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