La Monja Alférez (The Lieutenant Nun) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (3)
See it if This is a 17th cent picaresque-style memoir of Catelina de Erauso, a woMAN who was an unwilling nun,flees a Sp convent,joins a South Am*
Don't see it if The English caption, too far from the audience, sometimes makes the understanding difficult. Read more
See it if You like to see a play with a relevant theme in verse. The play is from the Spanish Golden Era. Stunning performances!
Don't see it if If you do not like Spanish in verse
See it if Great acting! Great writing
Don't see it if You have problems with captions
Critic Reviews (1)
“ ‘La Monja Alférez’ engages with some of the issues common to the drama of its period, such as conflicts between state and religion... then, goes further than just holding a 17th-century mirror to our current times; in that mirroring, it also pushes us to do and to be better.”
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