The school for telenovela stars
In 1987, in Mexico City, a TV station opened a school to train telenovela actors.
Witness History · BBC World Service
July 18, 202210m 48s
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Show Notes
In 1987, broadcaster Televisa set up a drama school in Mexico City to train actors for its hugely popular telenovelas, Mexican soap operas. The Centro de Educación Artística became one of the most successful drama schools in Latin America.
Rachel Naylor speaks to the founder and director, Eugenio Cobo, and one of its first students, Alexis Ayala.
(Image: Eugenio Cobo. Credit: Televisa)