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La Chunga

by Michael Scott Dublin

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Chunga 02:02
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Meche 01:39
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I'll never Leave You/They Touch 02:12
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4.
The Toast 02:07
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Nobody Knows 10:47
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It Was You 06:02
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A Naughty Little Boy 09:29
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A Mouthy Woman 11:57
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Goodnight Meche 01:40
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Soundtrack from the Lyric Theatre Belfast production of LA CHUNGA by Mario Vargas Llosa - 2000 - Belfast Festival at Queens.

Directed by Micahel Scott
Setting Stuart Marshall
Costumes Synan O Mahony

The title-figure of La Chunga is "a tall, ageless woman" who runs a restaurant-bar. The play is set in 1945.

Among the regulars of la Chunga's establishment are the so-called "superstuds", four men who come here to drink and play dice. The play begins with them at play -- and one of them asks a question that's clearly been on all their minds: "Are you never going to tell us what you did that night with Meche, Chunga ?"
From there the scene slowly switches back to the night in question, as the men recall it. One of them, Josefino, showed up with Meche -- an attractive young woman who immediately makes a great impression on the otherwise imperturbable la Chunga.
Josefino plays dice -- and loses. Desperate for 3000 sols to stay in the game he offers la Chunga Meche for the night in exchange for the money; she accepts.
In the second act, the scenes then play out what the superstuds imagine might have happened between Meche and Josefino.

Vargas Llosa does a fine job of presenting the mix of fact and fantasy here, of what the characters want to believe, and what might be the truth -- revealing, in the process, a great deal about all the characters.

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released November 4, 2020

Voice, Programming, and Synths Michael Scott.
Recorded at the Lyric Theatre Belfast October 2000
Roland D70, Korg N5 -
Echo and Delay on Michael Scott Vocals
Alesis HR 10

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Michael Scott Dublin Dublin, Ireland

Michael Scott is an independent international theatre director, composer and producer. Since 1984 he has been writing music for Theatre & Dance. His Album Caoineadh/Lamentations has been supported by The Arts Council/An Comhairle Ealaíon.

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