The Daughters of the Devil
Mr. Devil is also a dad, and his daughters are stunningly beautiful and bright, because they are between two realities, and they can travel one to the other whenever they wish. Each daughter of the Devil has her own story. One was a princess and would only marry a man her equal in brightness and ingenuity. The younger daughter, Branca Flor, protected and helped the son of a farmer in order to put an injustice right. The daughters of the Devil will fight for love, the only feeling able to thrive in heaven and in hell. In Portuguese and Galician folk tradition, the Devil is a key character. The adaptation of these two tales (“Branca Flor” and “A princesa-diabo”) takes us back to our heritage, to what we were and what we are, people capable to define our own destiny, even if we have to fight the Devil himself.
Story telling goes back to the time when mankind began to communicate. Theatre also sprang from the urge man has to tell a tale, creating drama and making it increasingly real. Portuguese story telling is linked with other story telling tradition in Europe. Even more so between two regions so closely connected as the North of Portugal and Galicia. Being so, Limite Zero joined forces with Paula Carballeira, a playwright from Galicia with a vast background in storytelling and theatre. As a team we found the solid stepping stone for our new production. With this show, Limite Zero keeps its close link with its favourite audience – families and children, bringing to the stage two traditional Portuguese and Galician tales about the relationship between the Devil and its offspring.