Dagoll
Dagom’s production of PYGMALION presents Rosita
Fernandes, an uneducated, ignorant, passionate,
suburban proletarian version of Cinderella, who becomes
a bright, free and cultured woman, given the fact that
she learns, with the help of Professor Jordana and
the faithful Colonel Fontanella, how
to possess words or, better still, language.
Which language? That is no matter.
Between the nether regions of poor slang and the upper
echelons of precise educated expression, there is ,
in all languages, a linguistic abyss separating classes
and souls. Professor Jordana and Rosita try to fill
that abyss, with the other cast members as onlookers.
In the end they achieve a resounding victory where
pupil and teacher meet on the same level: the miracle
of Cinderella has been performed, or at least in part.
However, the coveted linguistic victory of PYGMALION’S
leading roles doesn’t bring sentimental triumph with
it. These who have achieved greatness in the world of linguistics,
phonetics, syntax, vocabulary..... have far to go in the
most elementary of emotions. Desire, mutual attraction, fascination
and dependence have grown between them, but neither of them
knows how to channel any of them properly. That is why the
author, in the end, won’t allow Cinderella to marry
her Prince...... which is probably also why the author landed
himself the Nobel Prize.
Dagoll Dagom
May 1997
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| CAST |
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Rosita Fernandes (Florist)
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LLOLL
BERTRAN |
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Martí Jordana (Professor)
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JOSEP
MINGUELL |
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Mrs. Jordana
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MERCÈ BRUQUETAS |
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Coronel Fontanella
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PEP
CRUZ |
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Mrs. Mercè, Reporter,
Rambla woman
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FRANCESCA
PIÑON |
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Joaquim Fernandes, Bootblack
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LLUÍS
MARCO |
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Mrs. Fortuny
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CARME
CALLOL |
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Toni Fortuny
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EDUARD
FARELO |
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Clara Fortuny
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MARIA
LANAU |
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Embasser, Waiter, Rambla woman, Florist
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MONTSE
ALCOVERRO |
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Nepommuck, Rambla man
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RICHARD
COLLINS-MOORE |
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Embasser, Lame man
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GENÍS
HERNÀNDEZ |
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Watchman, Rambla man, Liceu
man
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JOAN
PERIS |
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MUSIC
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Joan
Albert Amargós |
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SCENOGRAPHY
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Josep
Castells Planas
Lluc Castells Icart |
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WARDROBE
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Isidre
Prunés |
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IMAGE
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Ouka
Lele |
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LIGHTING DESIGN
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Ignasi
Morros |
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SOUND DESIGN
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Óscar
Maza |
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CHARACTERIZATION
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Assumpta
Solé
Carme García |
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DIRECTION ASSISTANT
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Anna
Ullibarri
Miquel Periel |
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
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Anna
Rosa Cisquella |
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DIRECTION
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Joan
Lluís Bozzo |
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