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Book SynopsisFrom the religious environments of medieval Iberia to the theatre companies established in the aftermath of Franco's demise, this collection presents a new assessment of Spain's theatrical history. Written by theatre historians and practitioners, the book features interviews with actress Nuria Espert, director Lluís Pasqual and playwright Juan Mayorga.
Trade Review"If the curtain that CUP has raised embraces on the stage of this volume the examination of the Hispanic dramatic tradition as much as the continuation of international hispanism, the project should be received with applause from those of us who become members of the audience as much as participants in the cast of characters." --Boletín de la Real Academia Española (trans. from the original Spanish by Maria Delgado)
"Copious notes throughout and an excellent bibliography attest to the exemplary scholarship in this book." --Choice
Table of ContentsIntroduction Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies; 1. The theatre in medieval Spain: the challenges of historiography Ángel Gómez Moreno; 2. Playing the palace: space, place and performance in early modern Spain Margaret R. Greer; 3. The world as a stage: politics, imperialism and Spain's seventeenth-century theatre José María Ruano de la Haza; 4. Lope de Vega, Pedro Calderón de la Barca and Tirso de Molina: Spain's Golden Age drama and its legacy Jonathan Thacker; 5. The art of the actor, 1565–1833: from moral suspicion to social institution Evangelina Rodríguez Cuadros; 6. Theatrical infrastructures, dramatic production and performance, 1700–59 Fernando Doménech Rico; 7. Popular theatre and the Spanish stage, 1737–98 Josep Maria Sala Valldaura; 8. Theatre of the elites, Neoclassicism and the Enlightenment, 1750–1808 René Andioc; 9. Zarzuela: prejudice and mass culture in Spain Rafael Lamas; 10. Nineteenth-century Spanish theatre: the birth of an industry José Luis González Subías; 11. Copyright, buildings, spaces and the nineteenth-century stage Lisa Surwillo; 12. Modernism and the avant-garde in fin-de-siècle Barcelona and Madrid David George and Jesús Rubio Jiménez; 13. Continuity and innovation in Spanish theatre, 1900–36 Dru Dougherty and Andrew Anderson; 14. Theatrical activities during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–9 Jim McCarthy; 15. Theatre, colonialism, exile and the Americas Helena Buffery; 16. Theatre under Franco, 1939–75: censorship, playwriting and performance John London; 17. Flamenco: performing the local/performing the state Lourdes Orozco; 18. Actors and agency in the modern era, 1801–2010 Josep Lluís Sirera; 19. Nationalism, identity and theatre: theatre across the Spanish state in the democratic era, 1975–2010 Sharon Feldman and Anxo Abuín González; 20. Directors and the Spanish stage, 1823–2010 Maria M. Delgado; 21. This evolution is still ongoing Nuria Espert; 22. Theatre as a process of discovery Lluís Pasqual; 23. Theatre is the art of the future Juan Mayorga; Select bibliography.
