The Wound by Alfonso Sastre
An English version for broadcasting by JOE BURROUGHS and TRADER FAULKNER
Lo demos era muerte v solo muerts A las cinco de la tarde
FEDERICO GARCIA LORC1
'The rest was death and only death
At five o'clock tn the afternoon '
THE PROLOGUE
The ante room of a bullring Infirmary in a Spanish city during a corrida de toros
Bullring officials, members of the Press, hangers-on Bash. JONES, ROLF LEFEBVRE
Denis MCCARTHY , VICTOR LUCAS
BERNARD BROWN
PRESTON LOCKWOOD
LEROY LINGWOOD
Douglas HANKIN
BEFORE THE Corrida
A suite In a hotel near the bullring Juan Marcos
THE EPILOGUE
A small bar in the suburbs near the bullring
Juan Marcos
Rafael Pastor
Time: the present or recent past
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS
Senor Sastre's play, first produced in Madrid in 1960. uses a single corrida de toros to demonstrate the destructive effect on a high-ranking matador of ruthless and cynical exploitation by his manager. As Senor Sastre points out, it is a form of exploitation found in other types of public spectacle.
Second broadcast
Alan Tilvern is appearing In the Brian Rix Theatre of Laughter at the Garrick Theatre, London