Galatea

Josep M. de Sagarra

Josep M. de Sagarra’s most personal play, together with Ocells i llops and La fortuna de Sílvia


On the premiere of Galatea in December 1948 at the Teatre Victòria, Josep M. de Sagarra recalled that the unusual cold of that winter – and the lack of heating in the theatre – meant that the audience saw the play shivering in their coats. It was not well received by most critics, and Sagarra complained that he had been insulted as if he were an arsonist or a corruptor of minors. Nevertheless, the playwright never stopped defending his play: “With La fortuna de Sílvia, with Ocells i llops and especially with Galatea I believed, and I believe sincerely, that I was trying to make a theatre more in keeping with my conscience and with the spiritual climate of our time.


Over the years, the journey through the European post-war period of this seal tamer with the name of a marine nymph has ended up occupying a preeminent place among the most important works of dramatic literature in the Catalan language.

• Show included in the season tickets.
• Book for 3 € with the text of Justícia, by Guillem Clua, for sale in the lobby while the show is on the poster.
• This play in included in the project Club de lectura "Llegir el teatre" (reading theatre clubs) of TNC/Biblioteques públiques de Catalunya.
• Jo també vaig al TNC. 09/05/21 performance with a fun activity for children while the adults watch the show.