Gemelos Alborotados, Los

Synopsis
Feature film work re-working The Comedy of Errors in the ‘ranchera’ genre, the Mexican version of the ‘singing cowboy’ film. Set in a rural Mexican town the film is ‘A relatively faithful transposition...The adaptation deftly adapts many of Shakespeare’s plot points, motifs and minor characters [Lanier, op cit].
Language
Spanish (Mexico)
Country
Mexico
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
1982
Duration
85 mins

Credits

Director
Mario Hernandez
Cast
Antonio AguilarAntipholus of Ephesus
Antonio AguilarAntipholus of Syracuse
Antonio Aguilar 
Ernesto Gomez Cruz 
Isabela Corona 
Lucila Mariscal 

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Comedy of Errors, The
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Doubling of roles

Notes

History
Not released theatrically in the US.
Reviews
Lanier, Douglas ‘Film spin-offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 145, entry 588).

Production Company

Name

Producciones Aguila

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web
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Phone
(20) 707-8572
Fax
(20) 707-237’1
Address
Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

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How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Gemelos Alborotados, Los". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67701 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)