This study starts from a double question based on the finding of the ignorance of a large majority of citizens of the fundamental features of the phenomenon of the spectacular offer of the Parallel, and the rejection of the Catalan cultural elite to the expressions of culture. popular stage emanated from the venues of this avenue. The study proposes an investigation that aims to explain the content of the spectacular offer of the Parallel. The analysis of the stage contents as a mirror, reflection, expression of a way of being, doing and thinking of the Catalan popular classes and at the same time contributors to the story of these social segments on their way of understanding their role in the history of the country, its political position, and its way of seeing the world and life. All this helps us to explain, also from the Paral·lel, the reason for the political evolution of the Catalan popular classes in the first four decades of the 20th century. Thus, the first block of the study presents a general overview of the Parallel from its foundation to the Republican era, which we could consider the decades of expansion and maturity of the Parallel’s stage offer.
