Sancha, reina de la Hispania
Sancha, Queen of Hispania
Primer texto de una TRILOGÍA DE MUJERES MEDIEVALES.Premio Especial del Jurado en el IV Certamen de Directoras de Escena 2001. León: 30 de diciembre de 1808, las tropas napoleónicas que ocupan la Península entran en el panteón real de San Isidoro y profanan las tumbas donde yacen los restos de los antiguos reyes leoneses. Un coro de monjas agustinas convoca la ira de Dios, pero es el espíritu de la reina Sancha quien se conmueva y despierta. Sancha reencarna su vida de mujer y de reina. Comenzando una febril madrugada en Betanzos cuando, siendo niña, escapa de una horda de normandos que saquea la ría, y desembocando en su muerte en León, angustiada por la sospecha de que sus hijos se disputasen el reino, cosa que no tardaría en ocurrir.Concebido como un drama medieval, con la presencia de la muerte, materializada en el sepulcro, siempre presente en el centro de la escena, recordándonos que todo es perecedero, en torno al cual se desarrolla el rito de unas vidas y un concepto de sociedad.La presencia de un juglar entre el público es el contrapunto de este drama épico sobre una gran mujer de nuestra Historia.
The first play in the Medieval Women trilogy, Sancha, Queen of Hispania was awarded the special jury prize at the 4th women directors award in 2001. León, 30 December 1808: Napoleon’s troops, who have occupied the entire Iberian Peninsula, enter the royal pantheon of St Isidore and profane the tombs where the remains of the former kings and queens of León lie in rest. A choir of Augustinian nuns invoke the wrath of God, but it is the spirit of Queen Sancha who is stirred and awakened. She relives her life as a woman and as a queen, beginning one febrile night in Betanzos when, as a child, she escaped from a hoard of Normans sacking Galicia, and ending with her death in León, distraught, suspecting that her children would fight over the kingdom, something which was indeed soon to take place. In this medieval drama, death is always present. The rituals of life and an idea of society are played out around the tomb in the centre of the stage, reminding us that nothing lasts forever. The presence of a minstrel amongst the audience is the counterpoint for this epic drama about a great woman from our history.
The first play in the Medieval Women trilogy, Sancha, Queen of Hispania was awarded the special jury prize at the 4th women directors award in 2001. León, 30 December 1808: Napoleon’s troops, who have occupied the entire Iberian Peninsula, enter the royal pantheon of St Isidore and profane the tombs where the remains of the former kings and queens of León lie in rest. A choir of Augustinian nuns invoke the wrath of God, but it is the spirit of Queen Sancha who is stirred and awakened. She relives her life as a woman and as a queen, beginning one febrile night in Betanzos when, as a child, she escaped from a hoard of Normans sacking Galicia, and ending with her death in León, distraught, suspecting that her children would fight over the kingdom, something which was indeed soon to take place. In this medieval drama, death is always present. The rituals of life and an idea of society are played out around the tomb in the centre of the stage, reminding us that nothing lasts forever. The presence of a minstrel amongst the audience is the counterpoint for this epic drama about a great woman from our history.
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. Revista ADE en 2003 y por la Asociación de Estudios Onienses en 2007. Universidad de Extremadura publicó Sancha, Zahra y Raquel (Trilogía de mujeres medievales) con edición y estudio de la profesora del Austin College de Texas Lourdes Bueno Pérez. | |
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