Oblivion, rejection and marginalization in two plays of the mexican historical theater: Felipe Ángeles by Elena Garro and El día más violento by Bárbara Colio.

Abstract

Felipe Ángeles by Elena Garro and Bárbara Colio’s El día más violento are two works that
address somewhat dark characters in the history of the Mexican Revolution. Both pieces are
about characters that have not been included in the worldview of the revolutionary
nationalist apparatus, perhaps because they are women, as in the case of Colio's piece, or
for daring to question the triumphs of that gesture, such as the piece on the hidalguense
mythical General. Although there is a separation of more than 40 years, the writing of Garro
and that of Colio weaves bridges, both in the feminine vision of mexican dramaturgy, and
that of the historical heroes and who, despite being rejected, forgotten or marginalized
characters, the theater has gradually offered them a little poetic justice.