Las tres perfectas casadas

by Alejandro Casona

100 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1966

About the author

Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and later studied at the University of Murcia. After Franco's rise in 1936, he was forced, like many Spanish intellectuals, to leave Spain. He lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina until April 1962, when he definitively returned to Spain.

Reviews

[Manuel Alfonseca]

ESPAÑOL: Esta es la segunda y tercera vez que veo esta obra, en el archivo de Estudio-1 y YouTube. No recordaba nada, porque la primera vez que la vi fue hace más de 40 años. La representación es excelente, pero no me gusta demasiado el argumento, en el que también se nota la obsesión de Casona por el suicidio.

El amigo íntimo de tres matrimonios habría muerto en un accidente de avión. Sus amigos varones leen una carta que dejó "para ser leída después de mi muerte", en la que dice: Me he acostado con vuestras tres esposas. Más tarde aparece el amigo. No estaba en el avión.

ENGLISH: This is the second/third time I have watched this play, in the Estudio-1 archive and You Tube. I didn't remember anything, for I saw it first over 40 years ago. The performance is excellent, but I don't like the plot too much. Casona's obsession with suicide is clear here too.

The intimate friend of three married couples is supposed to be dead in an airplane accident. His male friends read a letter he had left "to be read after my death," where he says: I have gone to bed with all your wives. Later the friend appears. He was not in the plane.

[Daphne Cronin]

This book was soooo much fun to read and such a beautifully subtle portrayal of a strong woman.