Retablo de la avaricia, la lujuria y la muerte

Synopsis of Retablo de la avaricia, la lujuria y la muerte

«Retablo de la avaricia, la lujuria y la muerte» is a play by Ramón del Valle-Inclán published by Espasa in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).

A theater volume bringing together «Ligazón», «La rosa de papel», «El embrujado», «La cabeza del Bautista» and «Sacrilegio», five pieces united in a symbolic altarpiece where the capital sins intertwine, with avarice and lust as the axes. The edition by Ricardo Doménech offers a symbolic reading of the mystery of life and death.

Number 170 of the Austral Collection. The work was originally published in 1927; this edition is from 1990.

For those interested in 20th-century Spanish theater and the work of Valle-Inclán.