Line #9 Theatre/MarianaPineda


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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