"Teatro in times of plague"

2565 cases, 138 deaths.

Luis put up a recording of El Asesinato de Jesús from 2013 on Facebook tonight. At least we are finding ways to be present in the midst of all this.

Monday, May 18, 2020

2646 cases, 142 deaths.

It rained last night and the whole day has remained cool. I spent it reading George Orwell. I’m on a project to read him complete (along with James Baldwin complete). At the moment I’m in an early novel, Keep the Aspidistra Flying – sort of the novel that goes along with Down and Out in London and Paris. Have done Homage to Catalonia (marvelous), A Collection of Essays and Burmese Days. Still a long list to go.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

2798 cases, 146 deaths.

Luis and Edy are organizing a rehearsal on Thursday for doing a sound recording of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. We’ve had this on the boards for about 15 years – it makes for a wonderful kids tale. And we have an excellent translation that really manages to bring out the poetry. I think they are going to need more rehearsal than that. We shall see if it works as a radio-teatro. Its ecological lesson seems only too apt for the present moment.

The police have arrested a group of mareros with the accusation of the murder of Doris Gutiérrez. Not a chance that they are the culprits, but it lets the police off the hook.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

2955 cases, 147 deaths.

We’ve been having a Quarantine Film Festival these weeks, mostly of classic films from the teatro DVD library, projected so they look pretty good. Last night we did Singing in the Rain. It remains a marvelous film.

Le Havre France received a few days ago a container ship that sailed from Puerto Cortés. The container ship was officially coffee. There was coffee but the principal cargo was 1.4 tons (1.4 TONS) of coke. That a lot of snorts.

This week we continue the regimen of one digit per day to banks, farmacias, hardware stores snd supermarkets. But there is an awful lot of activity on the street, and long lines at the establishments that are open. Still no taxis or busses.

Keep safe and wash your hands.

Jack

 

 

 

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