Evita: Birth Of A Legend

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“Don’t cry for me Argentina, the truth is I never left you.”

Few political figures have been both hailed as a saint and immortalised through an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. The mythology of Evita Perón continues to permeate through Argentinian society, but what’s the real history of her life?

Eva and her siblings were born out of wedlock and subsequently shunned by the community in her rural village. Losing her father in a car crash at a young age, she grew up with a terrible sense of hurt and a desire for a better life. Cinema was a welcome distraction and soon had a significant influence on Eva. Despite not being the most talented actor, her emotive and monotone voice suited the hugely popular soap operas on the radio in Argentina. But she sought total stardom, and she was willing to move to the capital to find it…

Join Dominic and Tom as they discuss Eva’s escape from a childhood of resentment to the bright lights of Buenos Aires with her sights set on making it as an actor.


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Tom and Dominic, accompanied by a live orchestra, take a deep dive into the lives and times of two of history’s greatest composers: Wagner and Tchaikovsky.

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This is episode 494 of The Rest Is History.

Twitter:
@TheRestHistory
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Producer: Theo Young-Smith
Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett
Social Producer: Harry Balden
Video Editor: Jarrad Templeton
Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor

00:00 ???
01:30 Tom and Eva Peron
03:48 What Tom has in common with Margaret Thatcher
09:25 A brief history of Argentina
13:16 The early life of Eva Peron
25:13 moving to Buenos Aires
29:10 Life in Buenos Aires
34:07 The elite of Argentina
41:30 Her first break…
45:55 Juan Peron enter’s the scene