Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Carlota in the Palacio Nacional: "La Loca de Bachout"

This is sure to be something really special (both in the Mexican and the Anglo-Saxon sense of that word): Three free performances, Tuesday June 19 at 5 pm and two Saturdays, June 23 and June 30th, both at 12 pm in Mexico City's Palacio Nacional: actress Teresa Selma to perform the monologue "La Loca de Bachout" based on Fernando del Paso's epic novel, Noticias del imperio. (News from the Empire). Note: an excerpt from del Paso's novel appears in my recent anthology, Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion. And my essay about a journey to Maximilian and Carlota's Italian castle appears here. And my own epic novel, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire? Almost, almost...