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ESQUIROL HOLDS A PAIR OF PRUNING SHEARS DURING THIS ACTO WITH PATRONCITO.
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HERE AGUSTIN LIRA PLAYS THE ROLE OF ESQUIROL (STRIKEBREAKER) WHO HAS BEEN HIRED BY PATRONCITO TO BREAK THE DELANO GRAPE STRIKE.
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THE PORTRAITS OF PATRONCITO AND AGUSTIN LIRA.
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THE AUDIENCE ROARED WITH APPROVAL AT THE PERFORMANCE OF LUIS VALDEZ AS PATRONCITO.
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HERE IS A HEAVY DUTY MESSAGE: THE CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GROWERS, THE CATHOLIC BISHOP AND THE TEAMSTERS - ALL STANDING ON THE BACKS OF THE POOR FARMWORKER.
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DON SOTACO WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE POOR DOWNTRODDEN FARMWORKER ALWAYS UNDER THE THUMB OF THE GROWER AND LABOR CONTRACTOR, BUT ALWAYS FIGURED OUT A WAY TO OUTSMART THEM!
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DELANO STRIKER ROY VALDEZ ALSO PERFORMED WITH EL TEATRO.
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THE MARCH TO SACRAMENT EVENING PERFORMANCES WERE MAKESHIP AND MOSTLY OUTSIDE. THE STAGE WAS A FLAT BED TRUCK AND THE LIGHTING WAS BATTERY RIGGED.
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AGUSTIN LIRA PLAYS THE PART OF GREEN GRAPE IN THE ACTO PERFORMED BY EL TEATRO CAMPESINO
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EL TEATRO CAMPESINO PORTRAYS THREE GRAPES IN THEIR ACTO - GREEN (TABLE GRAPES), RED (WINE GRAPES) , AND A SHRIVILED GRAPE (RAISIN). LET IT NEVER BE SAID EL TEATRO LACKED FOR IMAGINATION.
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ACTOR ROBERTO ROMAN FINDS THAT THE THIRD GRAPE IS A RAISIN, WHICH OF COURSE MEANS THE GROWER BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE WAS NOT ABLE TO HARVEST HIS TABLE GRAPES BUT LET THEM DRY OUT TO BECOME RAISINS.
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EL TEATRO CAMPESINO ACTOR ROBERTO ROMAN IS READY TO HARVEST THE GREEN GRAPE AS PORTRAYED BY AGUSTIN LIRA.
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