"performed for the people" and general translation help

Question

I want to say that a story is "performed for the people" (as in townspeople or the public) and I don't know what verb to use, since there are so many listed; I don't know which is appropriate.

My full sentence in English is: "Berceo's works are meant to be performed for the people, so he uses humour and people and situations with which they are familiar to hold their attention"

I'm actually having trouble with that entire sentence... what I have so far is

"Las obras de Berceo son designadas(?) [to be performed] para la gente, y por eso emplea humor y allusiones a personajes y situaciones familiares para mantener su atención."

basically, i need help! i feel like there are a lot of things wrong, especially with the tail end of that messy sentence...

Answer 1

I think in this context I would recommend you to use "representar", and I would change "designadas" for "diseñadas".

I would go with something like: "Las obras de Berceo están diseñadas para ser representadas" (using this words I would even forget about "para la gente", I think its not necessary, although you can use it even if it might sound repetitive).

About the end... it's not wrong, but you could mantain the original order by saying something like "y por eso emplea el humor y personajes y situaciones familiares para mantener la atención". (If you didn't say "para la gente" or "para el público", as I recommended you before, I would put "de la gente" or "del público" here, at the end, to make it clearer; if you pu it, saying "su atención" is fine).