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Lorca's Ballad of the moon, moon

For The Butterfly's Spell, I wanted an interlude in between the two acts, and used this famous ballad, in my own translation. Here are some other translations that I looked at; most of them I thought almost as incomprehensible in English as the Spanish original. I'm sorry to have lost the attributions.

La luna vino a la fragua con su polisón de nardos. El niño la mira, mira. El niño la está mirando. En el aire conmovido mueve la luna sus brazos y enseña, lúbrica y pura, sus senos de duro estaño. Huye luna, luna, luna. Si vinieran los gitanos, harían con tu corazón collares y anillos blancos. Niño, déjame que baile. Cuando vengan los gitanos, te encontrarán sobre el yunque con los ojillos cerrados. Huye luna, luna, luna, que ya siento sus caballos. Niño, déjame, no pises mi blancor almidonado. El jinete se acercaba tocando el tambor del llano. Dentro de la fragua el niño, tiene los ojos cerrados. Por el olivar ven'an, bronce y sueño, los gitanos. Las cabezas levantadas y lo…

East Woodhay Midsummer Prom

The Golden Dragon

I went to see Music Theatre Wales' production of The Golden Dragon in Basingstoke recently. This is a production which has caused some controversy because of its ‘yellowface’ casting.

http://musictheatre.wales/news/hackney-empire-cancels-music-theatre-wales-production-of-the-golden-dragon

As one of those who vaguely remember the role of the Lord Chamberlain and, subsequently, Mary Whitehouse, I reject censorship of any kind and would defend the right of any artist to show anything on stage regardless of its reception by any part of the community. That seems to me to be an over-riding principle. If pressure groups or individuals succeed in blocking something that’s not to their taste - that’s censorship. This isn’t real politics here - it’s the stage. Dissenters' voices can be heard, certainly, but they must be tolerant. Audiences can vote with their feet.

However, the problem here seems to have been exacerbated by the fact that MTW tried to capitalise on their contention that th…

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