The Controversy Of Valladolid
by Jean-claude Carrière, Richard Nelson

Name: The Controversy Of Valladolid
Brand: Jean-claude Carrière
SKU: 9780822220688
Rating: 3.45 (1336 reviews)

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Medium Cast

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One Act 90 mins Roles for Children Interior Set American Adaptation

Synopsis

THE STORY: Imagine a time when the Catholic Church had the right to determine whether or not you were human.

In a sixteenth-century Spanish monastery, the fate of millions of American natives from an ocean away hangs precariously in the balance.

Themes Casas, Bartolomé de las , 1484-1566 Indians, Treatment of--Drama Indians, Treatment of PQ2663.A78 C6613 2005 Sepúlveda, Juan Ginés de , 1490-1573

Press Reviews

"Jean-Claude Carrière's fierce attack on [the Catholic Church] for its policies on human slavery makes for a refreshing change. Although based on a Spanish papal tribunal of 1550, Carrière's stern historical drama hits a resounding contempo note with its revelations of how the church agonized over its ultimate conclusion that indigenous American natives were children of God after all—after invading their land, destroying their culture, plundering their natural resources and subjecting thousands of people to servitude, torture and death."
— Variety