Insolación - Héctor Urién

Stage adaptation by Héctor Urién of Emilia Pardo Bazán's novel 'Insolación' (1889). It is a comedy of romantic entanglements with a comic tone and a brisk pace, performed by Héctor Urién himself at La Butaca Amarilla, in Madrid.

The show opens with a situation as comic as it is revealing: a young noblewoman of the late nineteenth century wakes up with a severe hangover and realises she has made a mistake. From there, the play becomes a vaudeville game of romantic entanglements in which Asís de Taboada must choose between her freedom, the pressure of her social circle and her own conscience, that is, between what is expected of her and what she wishes to do.

Héctor Urién is responsible for the adaptation, direction and performance of this production, a work of author's theatre. His stage adaptations of literary classics form part of his career, and in this production the pace is brisk, the comic tone is sustained from beginning to end and the characters are well drawn, with an amusing look at the society of the time.

The running time of the show is 60 minutes. The original novel is by Emilia Pardo Bazán, published in 1889, and the stage version is presented as a show designed for audiences who enjoy comedy and classics adapted with humour. It takes place at La Butaca Amarilla, a venue in Arganzuela that mainly stages theatre performances.