Abelardo Estorino

Abelardo José Estorino López (29 January 1925 – 22 November 2013) was a Cuban dramatist, director, and theater critic.

Biography Abelardo Estorino was born in Unión de Reyes on 29 January 1925. After Bachillerato studies in Matanzas, he trained as a dental surgeon and practiced as such for three years (1954–1957), dividing time between the job and his literary vocation. It remains unpublished. The success of his second dramatic work, El peine y el espejo, written in 1956 but released in 1960, placed him firmly in the world of literature and drama.

After studying stage direction at the Teatro Estudio de Cuba and working with Julio Matas and Herberto Dumé, the latter for the production directed by Berta Martínez. He continued the decade with Los mangos de Caín (1965) and El tiempo de la plaga, in addition to the comedy Las vacas gordas.

Estorino was the life partner of artist Raúl Martínez. In the 1970s, in spite of the marginalization that he suffered, like other intellectuals, due to his homosexuality, he did not stop writing. 1961: Premiere of El robo de cochino under the direction of Herberto Dumé 1962: Wrote and premiered the musical comedy Las vacas gordas and Las impuras, an adaptation of the novel by 1964: Wrote and premiered La casa vieja at Teatro Estudio under the direction of Berta Martínez 1965: Magaly Alabau directed his play Los mangos de Caín 1967: Directed La ronda de Schnitzler, together with 1985: Roberto Blanco premiered his play La dolorosa historia del amor secreto de Don José Jacinto Milanés 1986: Directed La verdadera culpa de Juan Clemente Zenea by Abilio Estévez 1987: Wrote Que el diablo te acompañe 1988: Directed La Malasangre by Griselda Gambaro 1990: Directed Aristodemo by 1992: Premiered Vagos rumores 1994: Premiered Parece blanca 1995: Vagos rumores and Las penas saben nadar performed at the 1996: Vagos rumores and Las penas saben nadar performed at the Repertorio Español in New York 1997: Parece blanca performed at the Caracas International Festival 1999: Critics' Award for the editing of Vagos rumores y otras obras 2000: Theatre Communications Group fellowship for the premiere of El baile and Parece blanca in New York 2002: National Prize for Theater