Not even himself Lope de Vega I would have imagined that 400 years later, an anonymous manuscript forgotten under the dust of centuries in the bowels of the National Library, was the text used to stage “La Laura française”, a show which arrives this Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., on stage at the Rojas Theater with the company Fundación Siglo de Oro.
As explained this Tuesday by the director and protagonist of the work, Marta Poveda, THE validity of the text that Lope de Vega wrote in his last years of life, shows that nothing changes despite time. “It’s a brilliant work, of great sensitivity, in which humor, beauty and pain stand out,” declared the actress who is making her directing debut with this play.
Marta Poveda emphasized that this work shows the pain and toxicity that jealousy causes and “opens the door to gender violence, when a husband wants to murder his wife, at a time when honor and honor “They had to be above feelings.” It is for this reason that he repeated that thanks to the staging of the Siglo de Oro Foundation, the production is a comedy which does not ignore this serious episode of violence against women.
organic comedy
The genius of the author of the Golden Age, after 400 years, is to achieve “an organic comedy with a living text”, declared the interpreter, who emphasized that his work is sensitive and sensorial, “with a Lope which allows us to undress.” . » and provoke public reflection.
The plot of “La Laura française” takes place in France where Laura, daughter of the Duke of Brittany, is married to Count Arnaldo. The Dauphin, heir to the throne of France, falls in love with her and courts her. The protagonist resists but a fit of jealousy and fear of public disgrace bring about an unexpected outcome.
For her part, the actress and composer Manuela Morales influenced the musical work she developed with the song ‘Blue Moon’, which had no copyright and with ‘Toxic’ by Britney Spears, mixing these songs and using baroque instruments. we obtained enveloping and intense music which accompanies all the actors.”
The Cultural Councilor of the Toledo City Council, Ana Pérez, responsible for presenting the show, highlighted the role that women play in this function, which speaks of passions and jealousy. He stressed that the commitment of the Siglo de Oro Foundation to recover “a blank text” and bring it out of anonymity is “very important because it constitutes a hidden heritage from which we should all benefit, thanks to the ingenuity of Lope de Vega.
Artificial intelligence
As the director of this representation recalled, the researchers Álvaro Cuéllar (University of Vienna) and Germán Vega (University of Valladolid), after intense work combining the use of advanced computer techniques with traditional philological research, revealed the great utility of Artificial Intelligence. in research tasks.
The use of AI was fundamental in the discovery of this work preserved anonymously in a manuscript from the end of the 17th century preserved at the National Library within the institution’s collection of theatrical manuscripts, the most important of its kind added to the world. digitization carried out of theatrical collections from the Golden Age.
