A group of inmates has been locked up in a mental hospital since the Spanish Civil War. For forty years their only contact with the outside world has been with an elderly doctor. And then a young medical student arrives and unveils their histories and madness…
Juan Mayorga's play The Scorched Garden was first performed in this English translation by Nick Darke at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1997.
About the author
Juan Antonio Mayorga Ruano (born 1965, in Madrid) is a Spanish dramatist. He is best known in English-speaking countries for his 2004 play Himmelweg (Way to Heaven), which was brought to the London stage in June 2017 as part of the Festival of Spanish Theatre in London (Festelón).
His published plays include: Siete Hombres Buenos (1988), El Traductor de Blumenberg (1993), Concierto fatal de la viuda Kolakowski (1994) and Cartas de amor which won the 1998 Premio Borne Prize and was produced at the Maria Guerrero Theatre of the Centro Dramático Nacional in 1999.
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