The novel have also been adapted for the stage , by Jorge Alí Triana and his daughter Veronica Triana , directed by Jorge Triana : the play was put on ( in Spanish , but with simultaneous translation to English ) at Repertorio Español ( www.repertorio.org / chivo ) in New York in 2003 ; and the production moved to Lima in 2007 . A feature of the novel 's stage version is that the same actor play both Agustin Cabral and Rafael Trujillo . For reviewer Bruce Weber , this make the point " that Trujillo 's control of the nation depended on gutless collaborators " .