Cronología by Zambrano De La Torre Valentina

1874-1885

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Guatemala experienced severe infrastructure improvements like adding telegraph services and gas lighting, showing a transformation and revolution.

1875

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The government from Guatemala improved the teacher by supporting a big Italian Opera company to provide the audience with a show "worthy of the culture of every civilized country".

1885

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The national theater started to promote more security regulations to control the audience behavior for the well-being of the ones that assisted the theater. They included guidelines about silence and smocking.

1897

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A theater opened in Guatemala City, The Variedades, which become a very famous place for performances and many companies brought local or international performers to present.

1902

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The Quetzaltenango theater which was built during the years 1891 and 1895 was completely destructed and damaged by a fatal earthquake.

1904

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In this year, the theater took a reformation, because they allowed and made teacher a more accessible show to many social sectors due to the requirement of free entry to public school students and low-ranking military personal.

1905

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During the government of Manuel Estrada Cabrera, a commission was established to make sure that the theater performances had the same state interests and national values.

1916

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The teatro Abril was opened, it was a very important step in the revolution of the theater in Guatemala, to have a new theater which was fundamental for the important performances.

1921

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Journalist Víctor M. Ocheita's 1921 article, "Let's not imitate so much," reflected tensions over national identity in theater and culture by criticizing Guatemalans for copying their own customs in favor of copying foreign cultures.

1922

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The demolition of theater Colon marked a significant step in the theater of Guatemala, due to the damages of the earthquake they decided not to rebuild it and just demolished it.