This is sure to be something really special (both in the Mexican and the Anglo-Saxon sense of that word): Three free performances, Tuesday June 19 at 5 pm and two Saturdays, June 23 and June 30th, both at 12 pm in Mexico City's Palacio Nacional: actress Teresa Selma to perform the monologue "La Loca de Bachout" based on Fernando del Paso's epic novel, Noticias del imperio. (News from the Empire). Note: an excerpt from del Paso's novel appears in my recent anthology, Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion. And my essay about a journey to Maximilian and Carlota's Italian castle appears here. And my own epic novel, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire? Almost, almost...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Carlota in the Palacio Nacional: "La Loca de Bachout"
This is sure to be something really special (both in the Mexican and the Anglo-Saxon sense of that word): Three free performances, Tuesday June 19 at 5 pm and two Saturdays, June 23 and June 30th, both at 12 pm in Mexico City's Palacio Nacional: actress Teresa Selma to perform the monologue "La Loca de Bachout" based on Fernando del Paso's epic novel, Noticias del imperio. (News from the Empire). Note: an excerpt from del Paso's novel appears in my recent anthology, Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion. And my essay about a journey to Maximilian and Carlota's Italian castle appears here. And my own epic novel, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire? Almost, almost...