To celebrate the Year Xirgu, which commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the Catalan actress Margarida Xirgu, Dr. Francesc Foguet, coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Theater Studies at the UAB, will offer us the lecture Margarida Xirgu, the most universal Catalan actress, in which he will review the professional and personal ties of this famous actress with our city, of which she was named adoptive daughter in 1933.

After the lecture, the Friends of the Zorrilla Theater will present a dramatized reading of the text An afternoon with Margarida Xirgu, winner of the III Eduard Rifà Prize for radio script in Catalan language 1993-1994, original by Montserrat Julió i Nonell.

Cast:

Margarida Xirgu: Rosa Homs

Actress: Núria Estrada

Sr. Ortin: Jordi Carreté

Sr. Vilaragut: Josep Maria Balaguer

Direction: Felicitat Comas

Sound control: Joan Vidal