Witness History - The school for telenovela stars
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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 ArtÃstica 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)
Published on Monday, 18th July 2022.
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