Now that young men despise feminism

An inevitable reminder of a rather significant performance in the history of the Teatre Lliure and a proposal for the future with a young company. The Night of the Tribades (that is, lesbians) premiered in 1978 under the direction of Fabià Puigserver and with Anna Lizaran, Quim Lecina, Domènec Reixach and Muntsa Alcañiz, who attended the premiere of the new proposal at the romantic Teatre de Sarrià and who at the end of the performance received a flower from the director, Oriol Broggi

The play is a ruthless portrait of the conflicted and misogynistic August Strindberg confronted with the relationship between his wife, Siri, from whom he is divorcing, and her lover, in the midst of rehearsing his play The strongest, in the presence of the alleged director. A feminist work insofar as it very clearly ridicules machismo, with insults and contempt that are downright embarrassing. It is also a work that has aged quite well, considering that feminism is not exactly in vogue among today's youth (51.1% of men between 15 and 29 years old despise feminism).

Of course, neither Broggi nor the very young performers who accompany him on this adventure (Cristina Arenas, Joan Marmaneu, Clara Mir, and Jordi Llovet) saw or have reviewed that staging which Puigserver twisted, squaring the theater-within-a-theater and turning the function of The Night of the Tribades in an essay The strongest by August Strindberg.

Broggi, adhering to the original based on a translation by Jem Cabanes, considerably lightens the drama, accentuating the character's ridiculous machismo and, while he's at it, subverting any naturalism with the poor, laughable supposed director completely out of place. There are laughs. Too many laughs for a drama like this. The performances will give a sense of security to a group of actors still very focused on the words and consequently detached from the silent tension that emanates from and should envelop the production.