“La Boca” by Leandro Martinez is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The play takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While the play’s location is not directly mentioned, the authors refer to several neighborhoods in Buenos Aires. Two singers reference La Boca, Tapiales, and Flores in their campaign song for Juliana. La Boca is an Italian neighborhood that was highly populated by immigrants. A majority of people who immigrated to Argentina arrived from Italy. Juliana also spoke at a feminist conference in La Boca. Tapiales is a town in the La Matanza district, in the province of Buenos Aires. It is located near the Buenos Aires Western Railway. Flores is a large middle-class neighborhood in central Buenos Aires. It is known as the business and social core of western Buenos Aires.
“Main Auditorium Teatro Colón” by Roger Schultz is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Mrs. Dellapianola, Juliana’s secretary, hired the two singers from Nueva Pompeya. The tradition of tango developed in Nueva Pompeya, a neighborhood in Buenos Aires. Juliana announces that she wants to go to Teatro Colón during her speech at the park. This theatre in Buenos Aires is one of the most important opera houses in the world. Its beautiful architecture signifies the value of theatre in Argentinian culture. After Juliana delivers her speech, she decides to go Plaza Herrera for another conference. Plaza Herrera is a park in Buenos Aires. Later, Antonio references Barracas, a large southeastern neighborhood where Juliana previously delivered a speech. You may access an interactive map of Barracas here. In the twentieth century, Italians and other immigrants lived in Barracas and worked in the neighborhood’s various factories. Due to their large immigrant populations, Barracas and La Boca were likely arrival cities in the early twentieth century.