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The Land of Alvargonzález

Vinuesa, Pinares, Soria

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The Land of Alvargonzález

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Antonio Machado set the ending of La tierra de Alvargonzález at the Laguna Negra, a long narrative poem that tells of the parricide committed by Alvargonzález's sons, who throw their father's corpse into waters that legend says are bottomless. First published in 1912 within Campos de Castilla, Machado himself revised it and published it in 1933 as an independent booklet in Madrid, with a cover drawing by Santiago Ontañón. The itinerant university theatre company La Barraca included it in its repertoire as a tribute to the poet, and handed out the booklet, printed in different colours, to the audience at the end of its performances.

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