Thalia Presents Bilingual Production of
Calderón de la Barcas The Great Theatre of the
World/El Gran Teatro del Mundo In commemoration of the
Fourth Centennial of Calderón de la Barca, the most
important Spanish playright, justly hailed by many
international critics as the Spanish Shakespeare,
Thalia Spanish Theater presents the Bilingual Production
of The Great Theater of the Word/El gran teatro del mundo, produced and directed by Angel Gil
Orríos.
The cast is composed of seven extraordinary Hispanic
actors: Soledad López, Premier Solís, César Oliva,
Jannette Clemenceau, Jennifer Capriccio, Alex dek Romero,
Francisco Díaz.
The original 1982 Spanish production, adapted and
directed by Angel Gil Orríos (for the Royal Theatre of
Spain,) premiered at La Casa de España in New York and
was invited for a special presentation at the United
Nations. It was a great success and was selected to
represent the United States in the VII International
Classic Theater Festival in almagro, Spain, where it
played to sold-out houses.
Gil Orríos became the new Artistic Director of Thalia
Spanish Theatre in January 2000, succeeding the founder
Silvia Brito, who retired on December 1999 after 23 years
of extraordinary work. Thalia has steadily become the
Meca of Hispanic Theatre in New York, preserving Spanish
and Latin American culture, and has won more than 80
awards for artistic excellence.
The Great Theatre of the World/El gran teatro del mundo
is a magnificent spectacle for everyone in which the
archetypes of society: the King, the Rich Man, the Poor
Man, the Peasant, Beauty and Discretion, play their parts
in the World. A metaphor of life as theater, in which we
all play, badly or well, the role that the author has
intended. The production is very visual, combining masks
and live music. Young and adult audiences will certainly
treasure Calderón,s contemporary social meaning.
The bilingual production is sponsored by the Spanish
Ministry of Education and Culture, and the New York State
Council of the Arts (NYSCA) among others, and has
received the Cultural Challenge Award by the New York
City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA).
The show runs until November 5. For information, call
(718) 729-3880.
Film
Series: Free and Open to All Lehman College Art Gallery
Latin America: History, Politics, and Culture
Films are in Spanish and Portuguese but have English subtitles
Refreshments served
Wed. November 1st, 2:30 p.m.
“El Compadre Mendoza”.
A classic Mexican movie, made in 1933, of love and betrayal in
the Mexican Revolution,
introduced by Professor Forrest Colburn
Wed. November 8th, 2:30 p.m.
“La Ciudad de los Perros”.
A film adaptation of the novel (of the same name) by Mario
Vargas Llosa
The military and macho culture in Peru during the 1950s,
introduced by
Professor José Luis Rénique
Wed. November 15th, 2:30 p.m.
“Xica”.
A Brazilian film about sex and slavery,
introduced by Professor Laird Bergad
(This film inspired the telenovela by the same name)
Sponsored by the Department of Latin American and Puerto Rican
Studies
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BRIDGE: Help his majesty
Julian Laderman
Throughout history, one of the most difficult problems
faced by civilizations has been whether to have a
monarchy or not. What is the value of having a king or a
queen? This same essential question has been asked by
bridge players trying to evaluate their hands. The king
is the bridge card that is the hardest to judge. If the
defender sitting behind your king holds the ace, and if
you have no cards in the suit to promote, the king may
have no more value than a lowly deuce.
On the illustrated hand, North had no problem raising to
2H with 8 high card points and three hearts. If West had
not doubled, North should respond 1S in an attempt to
find a 4-4 spade fit. However since West did double, West
is likely to hold four spades, so even if North-South can
find a 4-4 spade fit, they will probably encounter a bad
trump break.
Norths two kings looked very valuable during the
bidding since West had doubled and East had passed.
Therefore, if the defense holds the ace of spades or the
ace of clubs they are probably held by West.
Once declarer sees the dummy and the opening lead he
realizes the king of clubs is very useful but the king of
spades is poorly placed. Wests lead would tend to
indicate that East holds the spade ace, and since neither
declarer nor dummy has any cards in the suit to promote,
at first glance the spade king appears worthless.
Declarer must not play the king in desperation, hoping
that West led the spade queen while holding the spade
ace. Declarer should play the spade 2 from dummy and
concede the first trick to West. If West continues with
the spade jack, declarer must remain patient and play the
spade 3 from dummy. Assume West now shifts to a club.
South can win with the club ace, pull the defenders
trump cards in three rounds, winning the third round in
dummy. Declarer can now play the 4 of spades and have the
pleasure of trumping Easts spade ace. Eventually
declarer can enter dummy with the club king and discard a
small club on the spade king. The 2H contract is
successful.
DEALER : NORTH
East-West is vulnerable
West North East South
---- Pass Pass 1H
Double 2H Pass Pass
Pass
Opening lead: spade queen
If West had led spades on the first three rounds,
declarer would have had to play a small card from dummy
on all three rounds. The third trick would be ruffed by
declarer. This would establish the spade king and the
contract would succeed.
If the defense had shifted after the first round of
spades, declarer would have had to attack spades before
pulling three rounds of trump in order to use the trump
suit for an entry to dummy to establish the spade king.
If the defense had attacked clubs before spades the
declarer would have not had the timing to set up the
spade king for a club discard. The contract would have
been set since the defense would have taken six tricks:
three diamonds, one club, and two spades.
One might feel declarer was very fortunate that West
started with four spades and East with three spades
including the ace. Actually this holding can be
anticipated from the bidding and the opening lead which
placed the spade ace with East. Realizing that West would
have overcalled 1S had he held five or more spades,
declarer should expect West to have at most four spades.
Since after the double, East would have bid 2S had he
held four spades with the ace, East has at most three
spades. Therefore, declarer can expect the seven spades
held by the defense to be divided as follows: four with
West and three with East. If the defense says declarer
was lucky, he can point out why he anticipated the ace to
fall and gain their respect; at least as a bridge player.
Dont let the defense turn your king into a deuce.
Fight off an attack on your king.
answers to puzzle
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