The
Spanish High Commissioner in Nigeria, Ambassador Alfonso
Barnuevo will
be the host of honour at a stage performance, Rinconete
y Cortadillo
billed to hold this Wednesday, April 20th,
2016 at the prestigious Transcorp-Hilton
Hotel, Abuja.
The
stage performance, according to a release forwarded to this office
from the embassy will see a non-governmental and non-profit making
organisation, Jos Repertory Theatre group performing on stage, one of
the epic stories written as a novel by an award winning Spanish
literary icon, Miguel de Cervantes.
The event, the first of the Embassy of Spain in
2016, marks the 4th Centenary of the death of Miguel de
Cervantes, the author of worldwide famous masterwork El
Quijote, and the World Book Day.
Rinconete y Cortadillo is part
of the Exemplary Novels written by Miguel
de Cervantes and published in 1613, a period of
troubled times, of crisis andsplendour, in which the Renaissance gave way to
the Baroque. All these novels contain a moral contest and are aimed at
entertaining while setting a good example. Rinconete y
Cortadillo tells the story of two young men, Pedro del Rincón and Diego Cortado, Rinconete y
Cortadillo, that meet and decide to go to Sevilla where they join a thief
guild led by Monipodio.
The Jos Repertory Theatre is a non-profit,
independent theatre organization which seeks to use theatre as a means of
confronting and challenging crucial issues that affect our daily existence. It
is a pleasure for the Embassy of Spain being able to work with them once more
and to support the theatre
industry in Abuja.
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