La Chunga

 

 

La Chunga

by

Mario Vargas Llosa

The title-figure of La Chunga is "a tall, ageless woman" who runs a restaurant-bar. The play is set in 1945.

Among the regulars of la Chunga's establishment are the so-called "superstuds", four men who come here to drink and play dice. The play begins with them at play -- and one of them asks a question that's clearly been on all their minds: "Are you never going to tell us what you did that night with Meche, Chunga ?"

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Photos are from the Greek adaptation of the play

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Σκηνοθεσία: Ελ. Σκότη

Ερμηνεύουν: Κ. Καραμπέτη, Ηλ. Μαυρομάτη, Δ. Λάλος, Στ. Σταμουλακάτος, Β. Χατζηδημητράκης, Γ. Λεάκος. Μετάφρ.: Μ. Χατζηεμμανουήλ. Σκην.-κοστ.: Γ. Χατζηνικολάου. Μουσ.: Ισίδωρος Πάτερος. Φωτ.: Ν. Βλασόπουλος.