Meredith College Department of Foreign Language and Literatures, and Explosion 106.7, are hosting a free performance, El Merolico–A Reworking of Cervantes’ Comic Interludes, on Wednesday, October 17th, 2018, from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Jones Chapel at Meredith College, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh.
Cutting-edge Mexican company EFE TRES will present El Merolico (The Mountebank), a reworking of Cervantes’ comic interludes as delivered by a single traveling performer in small-town in Mexico.
This will be a Spanish language performance.
“EL RETABLO” Y “LA CUEVA DE SALAMANCA”
About: The Merolico is a street merchant along the lines of a fortuneteller or medieval quack. He is a hustler who came to have a particular style in Mexico that is not seen in any other part of the world. Condemned to a solitary existence and eternal exile, the “Merolico” is relegated to the sidelines where he observes and reflects on human nature. No matter what his mood is, each day he has to face a new audience that awaits his best performance.
El Merolico interprets the stories told in the following entremeses by Miguel de Cervantes:
El retablo de las maravillas – Chirinos and Chanfalla are always looking for a new way to trick people. Their new joke is to make people think they see “marvelous things” on their small, traveling puppet stage when, in fact, there is nothing there.
La cueva de Salamanca – Leonarda and her maid, Cristina, have affairs with the town’s barber and sacrist respectively. Then, they try to deceive Leonarda’s husband, Celindo.
