Word: garcias
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cleveland (Garcia) 3, Chicago...
...announcement of the show. But word seeped through the cafes. The club's membership quickly expanded. When the curtain rose on a simple cardboard backdrop depicting Bernarda Alba's village home, a capacity audience was on hand. In the front row sat the supreme censor himself, bespectacled Garcia Espina, Director General of the Theater and Cinema...
When the final curtain fell, applause rang out loud & long. From the spectators a voice called: "Garcia Lorca!" In response, the curtain rose on an empty stage. Everyone understood, and cheered...
...Censor Says. Critics rushed out to write their reviews. They were stopped cold by an order already on their desks. It was from Censor Garcia Espina: "No reviews permitted, now or in the future, of La Carátula shows. Only short news items...
Next morning Da Quinto and Gordon pleaded with the censor. "This means." they said, "a final blow to the theater in Spain." Shamefaced Censor Garcia Espina shrugged. "I'm just as sorry as you are," he said. "But orders are orders. You think I'm the boss, but I'm just an egg between two stones." Mumbled Da Quinto: "The Bernardas of Spain have the last word. The window is closed once more...