Elio Cruz

Elio Cruz (1931 – 14 June 2019) was a Gibraltarian playwright, who composed both in English and in Llanito. Cruz co-founded the Theatre Group 56 with Luis Azzopardi and Cecil Gomez. Cruz penned two of the most successful plays staged in Gibraltar: La Lola se va pa Londre and Connie con cama camera en el comedor, both in the 1960s.[1]

Cruz died on 14 June 2019 at the age of 87.[2]

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. Cadiz: Universidad, Servicio de Publicaciones. P. 77. ISBN 84-7786-440-3

References

  1. José Juan Yborra Aznar. "La creación literaria en Gibraltar" (in Spanish). Instituto Cervantes. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. Gibraltarian artist Elio Cruz has died aged 87


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