Margarita Xirgu

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Xirgu, Margarita

Born 1888 in Molíns de Rey, near Barcelona; died there in 1969. Spanish actress.

Xirgu studied at the Catalonian School of Dramatic Art in Barcelona. She made her professional stage debut in 1906 and then performed in the largest theaters of Barcelona and Madrid. She toured Cuba and Mexico in 1936. After Franco came into power (1939), Xirgu refused to return to Spain and worked in Argentina and Uruguay.

Xirgu played comedy, genre, and tragedy roles with great mastery in the plays of J. Echegaray, B. Pérez Galdós, R. Valle-Inclán, M. Unamuno, and A. Casona. The plays of García Lorca gave Xirgu her greatest artistic opportunities—for example, the title roles in Mariana Pineda, The Prodigious Shoemaker, and Yerma. She also headed her own troupes, producing classical dramas and staging the plays of modern playwrights with democratic tendencies. [13-1563-3; updated]

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No references found			Margarita Xirgu, teacher and actress, is looking back on her relationship with Federico Garcia Lorca, the Spanish poet and dramatist murdered by the fascists in 1936. Dramatic perfection; REVIEWS AINADAMAR Symphony Hall by Birmingham Mail (England) Ainadamar was where Federico Garcia Lorca was killed by fascists during the Spanish civil war, and Golijov's opera recalls the events surrounding the murder, through the memories of Margarita Xirgu, one of the poet's closest collaborators. Classical preview by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk He almost always worked in Barcelona, which is where his professional training began, and this show contains some outstanding portraits of celebrated figures of the day (Pablo Casals, Margarita Xirgu, and others) as well as images of the agitated social and political life of the time and of the war, which he covered from Barcelona and from the Aragon front during the counterattack against the Fascist army. Agusti Centelles: Centro Cultural Conde Duque by Llorca, Pablo / Artforum International			Margaret Mary, Saint Margaret Maultasch Margaret Mitchell Margaret of Angoulême Margaret of Anjou Margaret of Antioch, Saint Margaret of Austria Margaret of Navarre Margaret of Parma Margaret of Scotland Margaret of Scotland, Saint Margaret of Valois Margaret Tudor Margaret Webster margaric acid Margarine margarine oil Margarita Margarita Aliger Margarita Fofanova Margarita Iosifovna Aliger Margarita Mikhailovna Pilikhina Margarita Niculescu Margarita Pilikhina Margarita Vasilevna Fofanova Margarita Xirgu margarite Margaritiferidae Margarodinae margarosanite Margate Margate City Margelov, Vasilii Margelov, Vasilii Filippovich Margenau, Henry Margeret, Jacques Margeride Margeris Ottovich Zarin Margeris Zarin Marggraf, Andreas Sigismund Marghera Margherita Margherita Peak Marghilon Margiana Margiani, Revaz Margiani, Revaz Akakievich Margilan margin margin draft margin guide			Margarethe margaric margaric acid margaric acid Margarida Xirgu margarin margarin margarin margarine margarine margarine Margarine and Shortening Manufacturers' Association margarine oil margarines margarines margarita margarita Margarita (cocktail) Margarita (cocktail) Margarita Aliger Margarita Carmen Cansino Margarita Cat Margarita Fofanova Margarita Iosifovna Aliger Margarita Iosifovna Aligér Margarita Island (Hungary) Margarita Mikhailovna Pilikhina Margarita Niculescu Margarita Pilikhina Margarita Vasilevna Fofanova Margarita Xirgu Margaritaceous Margaritas Margaritas margarite margarite Margaritic Margaritiferidae Margaritiferous Margaritomancy Margarodinae Margarodite Margarone Margaropus Margaropus reidi Margaropus winthemi margarosanite Margarous Margaryize margas Margasivsa margate margate Margate City Margate City, New Jersey Margate fish

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