Abstract

This article presents and publishes for the first time the play As estrelas están lonxe (1966-1967) by Manuel María, based on the typescript discovered among the theatre censorship archive files for 1970 at the General Administrative Archive in Alcalá de Henares. As estrelas están lonxe was awarded second place in the 4th Castelao Prize, organised by the O Galo cultural association in 1967, but was never staged or published and thus remained unknown. The play explores the phenomenon of Galician emigration in Europe, examining the socioeconomic causes behind it and its psychological consequences. The discovery and publication of As estrelas están lonxe marks the completion of the corpus of dramatic works by Manuel María.