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'Other' Spanish Theatres: Erasure and Inscription on the Twentieth-Century Spanish Stage
Contributor(s): Delgado, Maria M. (Author)

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ISBN: 0719059763     ISBN-13: 9780719059766
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: August 2003
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Annotation: "'Other' Spanish Theatres" challenges established opinions on modern Iberian theatre through a consideration of the roles of contrasting figures and companies who have impacted upon both the practice and the perception of Spanish and European stages. In this broad and detailed study, Delgado selects six subjects which map out alternative readings of a nation's theatrical innovation through the last century. These six subjects include Margarita Xirgu, Enrique Rambal, Maria Casarest and Nuria Espert.

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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism
- Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese
Dewey: 792.094
LCCN: 2003059570
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.98" W x 9.4" L (1.18 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western Europe
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2004 pg. 1088
 
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Publisher 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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