The American School in Guadalajara next week presents the world premiere of the English-language play “Lincoln and Mexico: The Untold Story,” based on the book “Abraham Lincoln and Mexico” by Michael Hogan, the school’s Emeritus Humanities Chair.
The play recounts the story, discovered by a history teacher and his students, of how Mary Todd Lincoln helped the young Mexican envoy Matias Romero eliminate the French from North America.
Four performances are scheduled Thursday, March 23, 7 p.m.; Friday, March 24, 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 25, 1 and 7 p.m.
Several dignitaries will address the audience prior to three of the four performances. U.S. Consul General Tanya C. Anderson will open the play on the evening of March 23 with brief remarks about the importance of good relations between the United States and Mexico, and reflect upon the remarkable history which led Lincoln to become a good friend of Mexico and one of the most popular U.S. presidents south of the border.
Speaking on Friday, March 24 will be General Clever Chavez Marín, who received the Premio Jalisco 2016 from the Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadísticas for his work as a historian, scholar and humanitarian. He has served twice as director of the Military Hospital in Guadalajara, as chief doctor and administrator. He is the author of several books on history, including a biography of U.S. General Winfield Scott, and is the founder of Estudios Militares Mexicanos, the major journal of Mexican military history in Mexico.
On Saturday, March 25, 1 p.m., it will be the turn of Ambassador Carlos Gonzalez Magallon, a member of the Mexican Foreign Service since 1965 who has served in various diplomatic positions in the United States, and as Mexico’s representative to the United Nations in New York. He is a recipient of the highest honor from Spain, the Order of Isabela La Catolica, for his service to U.N. forces when he was Mexican ambassador in former Yugoslavia during the Serbian War of 1999-2000.
The American School is at Colomos 2100, Colonia Providencia. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at http://lincoln and mexico.weebly.com. Cost: 60 pesos for students, 80 pesos for adults. For more information, see the above website or call the American School office at 3648-2435 or 3648-2451 between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.