Amor de don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín

Pedro Casas adapts and directs the lyrical farce by Federico García Lorca Amor de don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín, produced by the Teatro Español and Cía. Sr. Smith at the Sala Margarita Xirgu.

Pedro Casas adapts and directs Amor de don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín, the lyrical farce by Federico García Lorca. Don Perlimplín, a man of mature years and guileless character, marries Belisa out of convenience. On discovering her infidelity, he changes completely: he creates a secret identity to seduce her and lead her towards true love.

When the young woman finally falls in love, he reveals the ruse and sacrifices himself, and Belisa is left facing the meaning of desire, of loss and of the unattainability of love. Lorca interweaves humour, eroticism and tragedy in a fabric of masks, feelings and symbolic figures.

The staging draws on a language distinctive to Pedro Casas and Cía. Sr. Smith, with humour, irreverence and a notable emphasis on physical theatre. The movement is by Jordi Vilaseca, the lighting by Pablo G. Garnacho and the musical composition by Fran Rama, with Jorge Vidal as assistant director. The performance takes place in the Sala Margarita Xirgu, a small hall of the Teatro Español in Madrid.