Plays, two / Lorca ; translated and introduced by Gwynne Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.

Contributor:

Edwards, Gwynne.

Series:

Methuen's world dramatists

Methuen world dramatists

Standardized Title:

Selections English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936--Translations into English.

García Lorca, Federico.

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.

Physical Description:

xxx, 181 pages ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Methuen Drama, 1990.

Summary:

Spain's most celebrated dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) was murdered by Nationalist sympathizers shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. This volume of translations by Gwynne Edwards contains five plays, four of which-The Shoemaker's Wonderful Wife, The Love of Don Perlimplin, The Puppet Play of Don Cristobal, and The Butterfly's Evil Spell-represent the attractive comic strand in Lorca's work and his use of the traditions of farce and puppet play; the fifth, When Five Years Pass, belongs to Lorca's surrealist phase and is one of his most striking and original contributions to the theatre.

Contents:

The shoemaker's wonderful wife

The love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the garden

The puppet play of Don Cristóbal

The butterfly's evil spell

When five years pass.

Notes:

Translated from the Spanish.

ISBN:

0413622606

OCLC:

24501347