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The Methuen book of contemporary Latin American plays

translated and introduced by Gwynne Edwards

(Methuen contemporary dramatists)

Methuen, 2004

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Contents of Works

  • La Chunga / by Mario Vargas Llosa
  • Paper Flowers / by Egon Wolff
  • Medea in the Mirror / by José Triana

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A collection of extraordinary, playable translations from across the Latin American continent, including a new Mario Vargas Llosa play In La Chunga by Mario Vargas Llosa a young gambler down on his luck lends his girlfriend to the lady bar-keeper for the night to pay off a debt. Four years later the girl has neither been seen nor heard of, and the gamblers meet to speculate on the events of that fateful night. In Paper Flowers by Egon Wolff, Eva, a lonely middle class woman puts up a tramp for the night out of the kindness of her heart, only to find that he intends to occupy her life as well as her house, reducing her once and for all to his state. Medea in the Mirror by Jose Triana is an extraordinary re-setting of the Medea story in the Cuban revolution of 1959. As Maria, a young mulatto takes her revenge on Julian for abandoning her for someone else - the play becomes a mirror for the events that took place when Castro ousted the Batista regime.

Table of Contents

  • La Chunga
  • Paper Flowers
  • Medea in the Mirror

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Details

  • NCID
    BB0689090X
  • ISBN
    • 9780413773784
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    spa
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiii, 182 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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