Actress Laura Toledo stars in this theatrical adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dulce Chacón
The Leal Theater in La Laguna hosts this Saturday, May 3, at 8:30 p.m., the production company Euroscena's version of the novel The sleeping voice, by Dulce Chacón. With the renowned actress Laura Toledo as the protagonist, the public will be able to relive this story focused on the repression of women during the Spanish post-war period.
The plot begins when a young woman from Córdoba arrives in Madrid to be close to her sister, seven months pregnant and imprisoned by the Franco regime in the Ventas women's prison.
Thanks to the adaptation by Cayetana Cabezas and the direction of Julián Fuentes Reta, the audience will meet again with the courage of the group of women from best-seller by Chacón, which, documented in real stories, won the 2023 Book of the Year award from the Madrid Booksellers' Guild.
Later, in 2011 and under the cinematographic direction of Benito Zambrano, the winners Inma Cuesta and María León won Goya awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in their adaptation to the big screen.
Dulce Chacón (Badajoz, 1954 – Madrid, 2003) was a Spanish writer, poet and playwright whose work was characterized by her social and political commitment. Although he began writing poetry, he achieved notoriety as a novelist in the 1990s with titles such as Some love that doesn't kill and mud skies (Azorin Novel Award in 2000).
His most emblematic novel, The sleeping voice (2002), tells the story of women imprisoned after the Spanish Civil War, based on real testimonies. The work became a reference for the so-called “literature of memory” and was a tribute to those who suffered Franco's repression.
