27, 28 and 29 September 2007
Directed by: Calixto Bieito
This is not just another theatre production. This is a work considered by Cervantes to be the best ever written, as seen by Calixto Bieito, an essential figure in Catalan contemporary theatre. The story of Tirant, a veritable jewel in the crown of Catalan and universal literature, is that of a hero bent on freeing Constantinople from the threat of the Turkish Empire. Underlying this knightly tale, however, is a lucid portrait of the medieval world, and it is this moral exploration that interests Bieito. Bringing to bear his habitual eloquence and poetic touch, the director depicts a society full of contradictions, obsessed with splendour and devoured by brutality and decadence. Tirant lo Blanc is an epic work featuring a dramatic interplay between innocence and cruelty, seduction and war, life and death.
Co-produced by the Institut Ramon Llull, the Teatre Romea, Schauspielfrankfurt, Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin) and Viladecans Local Council on the occasion of the 2007 Frankfurt Book Fair
Author: Joanot Martorell
Dramaturgy: Marc Rosich and Calixto Bieito
Director: Calixto Bieito
Music: Carles Santos
Set design: Alfons Flores
Lighting: Xavi Clot (AAI)
Costumes: Merc� Paloma
Performers:
Companyia Teatre Romea
TIRANT LO BLANC
Joan Negri�
DIAFEBUS / Llu�s Villanueva
DUC DE MACED�NIA / Mingo R�fols
HIP�LIT/ Nao Albet
SENYOR D'AGRAMUNT / Josep Ferrer
L'EMPERADOR / Carles Canut
CARMESINA / Beth Rodergas
PLAERDEMAVIDA /
Roser Cam�
LA VIUDA REPOSADA /
Vict�ria Pag�s
L'EMPERADRIU/ Bego�a Alberdi
ESTEFANIA / Marta Domingo
FLOR DE CAVALLERIA / Bel�n Fabra
LA BELLA AGN�S /
Alina Furman
ELISEU, L'ORGANISTA CEGA /
Al�cia Ferrer