'Other' Spanish theatres : erasure and inscription on the twentieth-century Spanish stage / Maria M. Delgado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delgado, Maria M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Spain--History--20th century.

Theater.

Spain.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

'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 Gordon Craig, Camus, Genet and Cocteau; actress, producer and director Nuria Espert; international director Lluis Pasqual and Catalan performance company La Cubana.

Contents:

1 An author of authors: Margarita Xirgu 21

2 The popular and the intertheatrical: Enrique Rambal 67

3 A Spanish actress on the French stage: Maria Casares 90

4 Spain's international actress: Nuria Espert 132

5 The age of the director: Lluis Pasqual 182

6 Contrived performances: La Cubana 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-310) and indexes.

ISBN:

0719059755

0719059763

OCLC:

52728021