Vendidos, Los
Vendidos, Los Author: Luis Valdez (with El Teatro Campesino)
First Performance: 1967, Los Angeles
Published: 1967
Genre: Pol. drama in 1 act; English with some Spanish
Setting: Honest Sancho's shop, 1960s
Cast: 5m, 1f
Miss Jiménez, a secretary in Governor Reagan's office, comes to Honest Sancho's Used Mexican lot in search of a token Mexican for the State Administration. She is first shown a Farm Worker, very hard-working, economical to run (one plate of beans and tortillas per day), and easy to store in one of Reagan's labour camps. Since the only English he knows is ‘Strike!’, Jiménez asks to see another model. Sancho proudly displays Johnny Pacucho, a stylish easygoing criminal, self-maintaining on drugs and petty theft, but, although she is allowed to kick him viciously, Jiménez reckons there are...
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