Inês de Castro

The “Theatrum Puparum” (puppet theater)
has 20 male puppets working in a medieval environment. Dolls made of stick and clay manipulated by two beautiful maidens, the bonifrates illuminated by oil lamps tell the Stories of “D. Inês de Castro ”.

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“By order of the lord of these lands that the functions be done according to the truth of the events and that the dolls faithfully represent the ladies and the lords of these stories. The animators of the dolls during the functions are forbidden to give thanks to the person of the king and queen, the ladies, the knights and the lords of these stories, or even to our lord our father, under penalty of being withdrawn the license to animate dolls or receive a greater punishment mentioned by the king or the lord of these lands. ”