Elio Cruz (1931 – 14 June 2019) was a
Gibraltarian playwright, who composed both in English and in
Llanito
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. Cruz co-founded the Theatre Group 56 with Luis Azzopardi and Cecil Gomez. Cruz penned two of the most successful plays staged in
Gibraltar
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: ''La Lola se va pa Londre'' and ''Connie con cama camera en el comedor,'' both in the 1960s.
Cruz died on 14 June 2019 at the age of 87.
Gibraltarian artist Elio Cruz has died aged 87
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Plays
* ''La Lola se va pa Londre'' (1966): comedy in two parts and seven acts
* ''Connie con cama camera en el comedor'' (1969): comedy in two parts and ten acts
* ''Cuando la Lola regrese de Londres''
Bibliography
* Fierro Cubiella, Eduardo (1997). ''Gibraltar, aproximación a un estudio sociolingüístico y cultural de la Roca''. Cádiz
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: Universidad, Servicio de Publicaciones. P. 77.
References
External links
Un oasis en el desierto
1931 births
2019 deaths
Gibraltarian male writers
Gibraltarian dramatists and playwrights
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