Cervantes saves Tirant lo Blanc from the stake and Don Quixote claims that it is "the best book in the world". Dámaso Alonso considers it to be the first modern novel in Europe. The Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa lavished praise on this complete work, the pinnacle of the Valencian Golden Age, written by Joanot Martorell when Valencia was the epicentre of cultural and humanistic activity in the Mediterranean. While men play politics and win wars, women try to circumvent the sexual repression imposed by Christian morality and lineage. With great irony, Joanot Martorell moves his protagonist, Tirant lo Blanc, between these two worlds, filling his body and soul with wounds. These are the wounds of war and the wounds, perhaps more painful, of love.
Co-produced by the Institut Valencià de Cultura and the Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico
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Text adaptation
Paula Llorens, based on the classic by Joanot Martorell
Director
Eva Zapico
Performers
Maribel Bayona, Kike Gasu, Sergio Ibáñez, Antonio Lafuente, Mar Mandli, Raquel Piera, Lucía Poveda, Ramon Ródenas
Assistant director
Iñaki Moral
Music and sound space
Kike Gasu
Lighting design
Ximo Olcina
Stage movement
Charo Gil-Mascarell
Set design and production
Los Reyes del Mambo
Costumes
María Poquet
Make-up and characterisation
Inma Fuentes
Costume designer
Andrés Barrera