Celestina

Celestina, madam of the local brothel, is charged by a local nobleman with helping him to seduce a beautiful young woman

Using all her wiles and with the help of two greedy servants she weaves her spells, but Renaissance ideals of love cannot allow the plan to work and the tragedy that ensues is both inevitable and heartbreaking

Celestina has been a pivotal work of European culture since 1499, when it was first performed, and the character of the ever resourceful procuress Celestina has inspired artists from Goya to Picasso

As presented by the 2004 Edinburgh International Festival in a new English language translation