La Chunga (The Woman of our Dreams)

Archive Listings for La Chunga (The Woman of our Dreams)

T0375719158 (LYRICBEL00) Director Michael Scott. Design Stuart Marshall. Costume Synan O'Mahony. Performer Stuart Sinclair Blyth. Performer Steven Duffy. Performer Jennifer Barry. Performer Tessa Wojtczak. Performer Chris Corrigan. Performer Luke Hayden.
3 Nov 00 to 25 Nov 00	Lyric Theatre, Belfast :: V552 listing details L01408497296

Details

Play :: A loud-mouthed stud and his beautiful, trusting girlfriend enter a sleazy bar on their way to the local cinema....The inscrutable Chunga serves their drinks, takes their money, says little, but watches everything. Josefino is quickly caught up in a card game that spins out of control, and after a night of drunken brawling, during which he ransoms his girl to the proprietress for gambling money, she is never seen again. Only Chunga knows the secret, and she - of course - won't tell. La Chunga is a spellbinding mystery of sexual fantasy, secret longings and unfulfilled dreams, by one of Latin America's greatest writers. The play shimmers between illusion and reality as a local band of macho men try to imagine the truth about that fateful night when the beautiful Mechita disappeared. This play includes sexual content and strong language.

Author	Mario Vargas Llosa
Adapted by	David Johnston