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Figurine drawn by Federico García Lorca for The Prodigious Shoemaker's Wife / Photo: FGL Foundation.
Figurine drawn by Federico García Lorca for The Prodigious Shoemaker’s Wife / Photo: FGL Foundation.

Finished in 1924, he shows it in November of that year to Martínez Sierra and is convinced that he will premiere it, since Catalina Bárcena will have a great role in La Zapatera (The Shoemaker’s Wife) . In March 1925, Martínez Sierra is still committed to premiering the play, but in the provinces, to see the reaction of the public. Federico is going to try to do it in Madrid. Meanwhile the problem of Primo de Rivera’s censorship also arose with Mariana Pineda. It would not premiere until December 24, 1930, at the Teatro Español (Spanish Theater) in Madrid, directed by Cipriano Rivas Cherif and starring Margarita Xirgu.