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These are some of his most important works: ‘Unha política teatral, estruturar teatralmente Galicia’, presented and published at ‘Primeiro Encontro do Teatro Profesional’, Ferrol (June 1988), ‘Adaptaciones y Montajes de Shakespeare en Galicia’, in collaboration with Mercedes González and published by Alicante University as a chapter of the book ‘Shakespeare en España, crítica, traducciones y representaciones’ (several authors) edited by José Manuel González Fernández de Sevilla, Libros Pórtico, ‘A posta en escena. Aspectos esenciais’ within the book ‘Teoría e técnica teatral’ (Edicións Lailovento, 1997).

He was on the technical commission that elaborated a project of a Galician Dramatic Art Higher School, asked by the Consello da Cultura Galega in 1998. He also collaborated in the book ‘Shakespeare and Spain’, published in 2002 by The Edwin Meller Press, being responsible for the section ‘Some Galician Stagings Based on Shakespeare's Plays’.

These are some of his most important plays: ‘Niños, no hacer trampas’ (1968); ‘Mac y Marjorit’ (1968); ‘Sin Título, Sin Autor (El Poema del Niño)’ (1969); ‘La máquina que sabía hacer actores’, (Infantil, 1977); ‘Xan, o perruzo’ (1981), which was awarded the prize of the Ministry of Culture in 1981 for helping new authors; ‘Atlántico’ (1982); ‘O país acuático’ (Infantil); ‘Alta Comedia’; ‘As damas de Ferrol’; ‘Ensaio’ and ‘Confesión’.

As a theatre adaptator, he made the versions of the following works: ‘El Principito’ by Saint-Exupery (1971), ‘O Enfermo Imaxinario’ by Molière (it was performed for the first time in 1986 and published in 1987 by Xerais), ‘Medea’ by Eurípides-Séneca-Anouilh (it was performed for the first time in 1987 and published in 1988 by Xerais), ‘As alegres casadas’ by William Shakespeare (it was performed for the first time in 1989 and published in 1997 by Xerais), ‘Rei Lear’ by William Shakespeare (it was performed for the first time in 1990 and was awarded Compostela Prize in 1991 for the best theatre version of the previous year and published in 1998 by Xerais), ‘Tagen Ata’ by Méndez Ferrín (it was performed for the first time in 1990), ‘Un soño de verán’ de William Shakespeare (it was performed for the first time in 1992), ‘As vodas de Fígaro’ de Caron de Beaumarchais (it was performed for the first time in 1994 and published in 1995 by Xerais), ‘Noite de Reis’ by William Shakespeare (it was performed for the first time in 1996), ‘Lisístrata ou de cando as mulleres se reviraron’, by Aristófanes (it was performed for the first time in 1996 and published by the Centro Dramático Galego that same year), ‘Feirantes’ (version of some stories by Álvaro Cunqueiro collected in the book ‘Os outros feirantes’, it was performed for the first time in 1999), ‘A Celestina, comedia dos tolos amores de Calisto e Melibea’, by Fernando de Rojas, (it was performed for the first time in 2000) and ‘A cacatúa verde’, by Arthur Schnitzler (it was performed for the first time and published in 2001).

As a theatre illuminator, he made the illumination designs of all performances she directed as well as those of ‘Fas e Nefas’ by Eduardo Blanco Amor, Ollomol Teatro Submarino (1991), ‘A Mostra de Cándido Pazó’, Teatro Tranvía (1991), ‘Xogos á hora da sesta’ by Roma Mathieu, Teatro do Malbarate (1992), ‘Campo Sur’ by Lino Braxe, Teatro do Noroeste (2002), ‘A comedia do gurgullo’ about texts by Plauto, Centro Dramático Galego (2003) and ‘A paz do crepúsculo’ by Itziar Pascual, Talía Teatro, (2003).

Besides, he directed the following plays: ‘Laudamuco, Señor de Ningures’ (1978); ‘Lenta Raigame’ (1979), ‘Bailadela da morte ditosa’ (honourable mention at ‘Premios da Crítica Galega’ in 1981), ‘Celtas sen filtro’ (1983), ‘Os vellos non deben de namorarse’ (1985), ‘O enfermo imaxinario’ (1986), ‘Xogos de damas’(1987), ‘Medea’ (1987),’ O coronel ten a quen lle escribir’ (1988), ‘Galicia, S.L.’ (1988), ‘De par en par’ (1989), ‘As alegres casadas’ (1989; he was awarded Compostela Prize in 1990 for the best theatre performance), ‘Rei Lear’ (1990), ‘Tagen Ata’ (1990), ‘Os xustos’ (1991), ‘Un soño de verán (1992), ‘A grande noite de Fiz (ou chegan de Francia noticias preocupantes)’ (1992), ‘Galileo Galilei’ (1993), ‘A Vía Láctea’ (1993), ‘As vodas de Fígaro’ (1994), ‘Macbeth’ (1994), ‘Historias peregrinas’ (1995; he was finalist at ADE Prizes for the best direction), ‘Noite de reis’ (1996), ‘Lisístrata ou de cando as mulleres reviraron’ (1996), ‘Unha rosa é unha rosa, unha comedia de medo’ (1997), ‘El embrujado’ (1998), ‘Feirantes’ (1999), ‘A Celestina, comedia dos tolos amores de Calisto e Melibea’ (2000), ‘O país acuático’ (for children) (2000), ‘A cacatúa verde’ (2001), ‘Alta comedia’ (2001), ‘As damas de Ferrol’ (2002) and ‘Ensaio’ (2004).