The Siege of Numantia 1581-1587 L23 04/24/2020 (Fri) 20:19:25 No.5817 del
So here it is,ladies and gentlemen, before I go to influences from British and American musicians, the fresh influence that I introduce for the first time: The Siege of Numantia by Miguel De Cervantes, written around 1581-1587, a tragedy about the ancient city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Siege_of_Numantia

Hold on, I know what you are thinking. Is that the same Cervantes who wrote Don Quixote? Yes, he is, except that instead of visiting his all-time classic that I have had to read during my childhood and my teenage period, this tragedy isn´t all that widely known and it´s ironic because I have decided to check out if tragedies didn´t come only from the UK at that time and it´s true, this minor project was a real surprise.

Barely anyone knows that Cervantes tried to fit into the dramatic scene but he failed to find success there and only literature nerds (very few dedicated people) know that about that secret side of him. Not only that but he actually went further and wrote this historical tragedy.

So, what does this little play offer? It consists in 4 acts, 4 days. Even though I have linked the overview of the book, I´ll try to sum it up for you:

Numantia is surrounded by Romans, whose general is tired of attempting the conquest of that city. Its citizens have turned out to be a huge annoyance in his progress and he is said to finish the task. He denies the diplomacy of the Numantines in the first act and instead of battling against them, the general decides to encompass the city. A few allegorical characters appear announcing that the Numantines are going to face a horrible fate and so it was bound to happen since that order from the general happened.

Not only those allegories announce that fate but later in the story, it also happens that a little necromantic scene occurs with a dead body that gets revived for a while, enough time for him in order to warn a couple of Numantines about that fate.