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Theatre Censorship in Spain, 1931-1985 / Catherine O'Leary and Michael Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Leary, Catherine, author.
- Thompson, Michael, author.
- Series:
- Iberian and Latin American studies.
- Iberian and Latin American Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--Censorship.
- Theater.
- Theater--Censorship--Spain--History--20th century.
- Theater--Political aspects--Spain--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (397 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- This is a comprehensive study of the impact of censorship on theatre in twentieth-century Spain, analysing changes in censorship from the Second Republic to the post-Franco transition to democracy, and illuminating the ideological underpinnings, the effects on the industry and the responses of theatremakers.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Series Editors' Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of illustrations
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of Theatre Censorship in Spain from the 1830s to the 1930s
- 2 Un teatro de ida y vuelta: All Change and No Change in the Second Republic and the Civil War
- Case study: Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús, by Vicente Mena Pérez
- 3 The Franco Dictatorship: Censorship as 'Propaganda', 'Education' and 'Information'
- Case study: La casa de Bernarda Alba, by Federico García Lorca
- 4 The Pervasiveness of Censorship during the Dictatorship: Right-Wing Triumphalism, Commercial Theatre, Revistas and Catalan Theatre
- Case study: La Infanzona, by Jacinto Benavente
- 5 The Realist Generation: A Spotlight on the Margins of Society
- Case study: Escuadra hacia la muerte, by Alfonso Sastre
- 6 Experimental, Avant-Garde and Independent Theatre: Pushing the Boundaries
- Case study: Castañuela 70, by Tábano and Las Madres del Cordero
- 7 The Censorship of Foreign Theatre: From Taming the Text to Disruptive Drama
- Case study: El círculo de tiza caucasiano, by Bertolt Brecht
- 8 Dénouement: Dismantling the Apparatus during the Transition to Democracy
- Case study: La torna, by Els Joglars/Albert Boadella
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Archival sources
- Legislation
- Other sources
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Print version: O'Leary, Catherine Theatre Censorship in Spain, 1931–1985
- ISBN:
- 9781786839848
- 1786839849
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