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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451527803321

Autore

Delgado Maria M.

Titolo

Spanish Theatre 1920-1995 : Strategies in Protest and Imagination

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, April 1998

Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]

ISBN

90-5702-116-1

1-135-29934-X

1-280-14703-2

9786610147038

0-203-98979-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 p.)

Collana

Contemporary theatre review ; ; v. 7, pt. 2

Disciplina

792.0946

792.09460904

Soggetti

Theater - Spain - History - 20th century

Spanish drama - 20th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Cover title.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Editorial; 'The Impossible Theatre': The Spanish Stage at the Time of the Avant-Garde; Attempts; Towards an Art Theatre; Towards a National Theatre; Experimental Theatre and University Theatre; Models; The Anti-Realist Polemic and The Reassertion of a Plastic Theatre; The Cinematic Model; Puppet Epics; The Poetic and The Popular; The Theatre as Poetry Incarnate; Conclusion; Valle-Inclán, Spanish Precursor of the Absurdist Mode; Drama, Religion and Republicanism: Theatrical Propaganda in the Spanish Civil War; Beyond Lorca; References

Notes on Contributors Contemporary Theatre Review; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning with a reassessment of the 1920's and 30's, this text looks beyond a consideration of just the most successful Spanish playwrights of the time, and discusses also the work of directors, theorists, actors and designers.