The Seamstresses (Las costureras)

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The central character, “La Madame” is owner of a shop where she and eight employees make outfits for a variety of clients throughout the years mentioned above.  Because her work allows her to work with the wealthy, she appears to be a Belgian woman who speaks French.  However, according to an interview in La Tercera newspaper, Coca Guzzani, the actress who portrays her states that, “she is a humble woman who has access to a better quality of life.  She is strong, intelligent, straight-forward and a little insane. She is capable of moving on in her life, as well as aiding her workers, without needing a man at her side.”  Using several historical events as focal points, rather than analyzing the historical, political, cultural and social aspects of these events, Marco Antonio de la Parra shows how the events have influenced the advancement of these women, the ones who in their time represent the struggle of the different social classes. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Other plays by <A HREF="de_la_perra.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marco Antonio de la Parra">Marco Antonio de la Parra</A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="king_kong.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="King Kong Palace ">King Kong Palace</A></div> <div> <A HREF="secret.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Secret Obsenities (La secreta obscenidad">Secret Obsenities (La secreta obscenidad de cada día)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="dead_father.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Dead Father (El Padre Muerto">The Dead Father (El Padre Muerto)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="every_young.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Every Young Womans Desire (El deseo de t">Every Young Woman's Desire (El deseo de toda ciudadana) *</A></div> <div> <A HREF="killer_tangos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Killer Tangos (Matatangos) ">Killer Tangos (Matatangos)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="raw.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Raw, The Cooked, and the Rotten (Lo ">The Raw, The Cooked, and the Rotten (Lo crudo, lo cocido, lo podrido) *</A></div> <div> <A HREF="dostoyevski_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dostoyevski Goes to the Beach (Dostoevsk">Dostoyevski Goes to the Beach (Dostoevski va a la playa) </A></div> <div> <A HREF="monogamy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Monogamy (Monogamia)">Monogamy (Monogamia)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="god_has_died.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="God Has Died or the Will of power (Dios ">God Has Died or the Will of power (Dios ha muerto o La Voluntad del Poder) </A></div> <div> <A HREF="god_has_died.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="God Has Died or the Will of power (Dios ">The </A><A HREF="sleepless.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Sleepless Land, the Mother Whore or ">Sleepless Land, the Mother Whore or the Mother Country: Greek Tragedy Without Greeks: (La Tierra Insomne, La Puta Madre o La Madre Patria)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="continent.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Black Continent (El continente negro">The Black Continent (El continente negro)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="ophelia_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ophelia or The Dead mother (Ofelia o la ">Ophelia or The Dead mother (Ofelia o la madre muerta)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="small_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Small History of Chile (La pequeña h">The Small History of Chile (La pequeña historia de Chile) </A></div> <div> <A HREF="on_the_air.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="We are on the Air (Estamos en el aire)">We are on the Air (Estamos en el aire)</A></div> <div> <A HREF="happyrevolt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" The Revolt of Happiness (La rebelión de">The Revolt of Happiness (La rebelión de la felicidad)</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>