1 | ''Mariana Pineda'' is a play by the Spanish plaiwright {{Creator/Federico Garcia Lorca}} about the Spanish national heroine Mariana de Pineda y Muñoz (1804-1831) who was executed for helping a liberal rebel to escape from prison and embroidering slogan 'Equality, Freedom and Law' on a flag. The play takes place during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ominous_Decade Ominous Decade]], a reactionary period of the restoration of absolutism in Spain. Written between 1923 and 1925 and performed in 1927 with scenic design and costumes by Creator/SalvadorDali and Margarita Xirgu in the role of Mariana, the play was the first Lorca's theatre work that was a success. |
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3 | The events surrounding the staging of ''Mariana Pineda'' are shown in Osvaldo Golijov's opera {{Theatre/Ainadamar}} about Margarita Xirgu and Federico García Lorca. |
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5 | !!''Mariana Pineda'' contains examples of: |
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7 | * DownerEnding: The play ends with Mariana waiting to be executed, and as we know from the history, she will be. |
8 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Amparo and Lucia, Fernando's sisters and Mariana's friends, are that. Amparo's lively behaviour and less-than-stellar manners visibly exasperate her sister Lucia. |
9 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Mariana's neck is often mentioned in the play by various characters, foreshadowing her future execution by garrote. |
10 | * GenkiGirl: Amparo, talkative, playful and affectionate young woman. |
11 | * HairContrastDuo: Amparo and Lucia are a brunette and a blonde. |
12 | * TheHeroDies: Mariana will end up executed, just like she did in real life. |
13 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Pineda Mariana Pineda]] was a real person. |
14 | * HopelessSuitor: Fernando had been in love with Mariana since the childhood, so much that he agrees to help Pedro despite hating him; she, however, can't return his feelings because she's in love with Pedro. |
15 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Fernando keeps his promise to help Pedro to hide from authorities even after he learns that Pedro is Mariana's lover, because he doesn't want to see her suffer. |
16 | * LoveDodecahedron: Fernando, Pedrosa and perhaps Amparo are all in love with Mariana, who has eyes only for Pedro; while Pedro and Mariana are in relationship, at the end it turns out that her love for him was much stronger that his for her. |
17 | * PrecociousCrush: Fernando, who is eighteen, had been in love with Mariana, who is in her thirties, since he was a child, making the beginnings of his love this trope. |
18 | * ProtagonistTitle |
19 | * LaResistance: Mariana and Pedro are a part of the organized liberal movement fighting against the absolutist monarchy. |
20 | * ScarpiaUltimatum: After Mariana's embroidered flag is found by the police, judge Pedrosa offers to save her if she becomes his lover. |
21 | * SiblingYinYang: Amparo and Lucia have very different personalities and looks. |
22 | * StayInTheKitchen: Mariana's adoptive mother Angustias isn't happy that Mariana participates in politics and says that "whether the king is bad or good" shouldn't be women's concern. |
23 | * TextileWorkIsFeminine: Mariana embroidering a liberal slogan on a flag is an important plot point; through the play, several mentions are also made of her sewing skills. |
24 | ** Averted in the conversation between Mariana and Pedrosa, where Pedrosa mentions that embroidering is the hobby of the Spanish king. |
25 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Two novice nuns in the third act who do little else but discuss Mariana. |
26 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Loud, energetic Amparo who loves watching bullfights and her serious ProperLady sister Lucia who prefers hobbies like reading novels and embroidering. |
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