"Other" Spanish theatres : erasure and inscription on the twentieth-century Spanish stage
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"Other" Spanish theatres : erasure and inscription on the twentieth-century Spanish stage
Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the U.S.A. by Palgrave, 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-310) and index
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Description
'Other' Spanish theatres challenges established opinions on modern Iberian theatre by considering the roles of contrasting figures and companies who have impacted upon both the practice and the perception of Spanish and European stages.
In questioning the primacy of the dramatist, this pioneering study offers a new interpretation of a nation's theatrical culture that has been viewed primarily through the prisms of a select number of playwrights. Accordingly many of the conclusions reached are new ones, and the case, for acknowledging the wide influence of Spanish practitioners on theatre in Europe and the Americas is made in persuasive terms. Through a bold documentation and interrogation of key productions and their reception both at home and abroad, 'Other' Spanish theatres focuses on the doing of performance, asking provocative questions around how performances are tested against the texts that remain.
In a broad and detailed study Delgado selects six case studies which map out alternative readings of a nation's theatrical innovation through the twentieth century: muse and mentor to Federico Garcia Lorca, Margarita Xirgu; theatrical innovator and influence on Orson Welles, Enrique Rambal; tragedienne Maria Casares feted by George Craig Camus, Genet and Cocteau; actress, producer and director Nuria Espert; international director Lluis Pasqual and Catalan performance company La Cubana. -- .
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An author of authors - Margarita Xirgu the popular and the intertheatrical - Enrique Rambal a Spanish actress on the French stage - Maria Casares Spain's international actress - Nuria Espert the age of the director - Lluis Pasqual contrived performances - La Cubana.
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