- Alejandro Sieveking
Alejandro Sieveking (born
September 7 ,1934 ), is a Chileanplaywright ,theatre director andactor . Sieveking was born in the Chilean city ofRengo in Chile’s O’Higgins region in September the 7th of 1934. He performed as anactor on theatrical productions of the "Instituto del Teatro" (Chile’s Theatre Institute), "Teatro de la Universidad Católica" (the Catholic University Theatre), "Teatro del Angel" (Angel Theatre Company) and "Teatro Itinerante" (Itinerant Theatre). He worked together withVíctor Jara on a number of theatrical and musical projects, including in his album: “La Población” – in which he co-wrote the song “Hermindra de la Victoria” with Jara.He was one of the founders of the "Teatro del Angel" (Angel Theatre Company) in Chile and in
Costa Rica , where he settled and worked as a political exile. In 1974 he is awarded the “Casa de Las Américas” prize for his “Pequeños animales abatidos” (Small game hunt).In the work of Sieveking one not only finds
critical realism but also psychological and folkloric realism. “La remolienda” is one of the most important classics of Chilean theatricalcomedy .Today, in addition to holding university posts and being involved in television projects, he is vice-president of the "Academia Chilena de Bellas Artes". (Chilean Academy of
Fine Arts )His most important theatrical work have been:
*"Mi hermano Cristián" (My brother Christian) [1957]
*"La madre de los conejos" (The mother rabbit) [1959]
*"Parecido a la felicidad" (Some kind of happiness) [1959]
*"Ánimas de día claro" (Daylight Spirits) [1962]
*"La remolienda" [1965]
*"Tres tristes tigres" (Three sad tigers) [1967]
*"Todo se irá, se fue, se va al diablo" (Everything will go, has gone, is going to hell) [1968]
*"La mantis religiosa" (The praying mantis) [1970]
*"Manuel Leonidas Donaire y las cinco mujeres que lloraban por él" (Manuel Leonidas Donaire and the five women who cried for him” [1971]
*"Cama de batalla" (Bed of battle) [1973]
*"La virgen de la manita cerrada" [1974]
*"Ingenuas palomas" (Naïve Doves) [1989]
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