{"product_id":"the-granny-and-the-heist-la-estanquera-de-vallecas-9781786941053","title":"The Granny and the Heist \/ La estanquera de","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart comedy, part thriller, part social critique, \u003ci\u003eThe Granny and the Heist\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLa estanquera de Vallecas\u003c\/i\u003e) is the play with which José Luis Alonso de Santos reinvigorated the Spanish stage during a period of uncertainty upon the death of Francisco Franco and the end of theatre censorship. Premiered in 1981, it established Alonso de Santos as the most important playwright in Spain at a time when the country was emerging from decades of relative isolation from the rest of Europe.\u003cbr\u003eSet in a working class area of Madrid, the play tells the story of Leandro and Tocho, two out of work builders whose plan to rob a tobacconists goes awry due to the refusal of its owner, feisty grandmother Justa, to hand over the money. Barricading themselves in the shop as the forces of order arrive, the men take Justa and her granddaughter Ángeles hostage. In the stand-off that ensues, Alonso de Santos deftly interweaves tense excitement, comic banter and moments of great tenderness, eliciting our sympathy for the residents of the Vallecas neighbourhood, equally ignored by Spain’s nascent democracy as they had been under the dictatorship.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition features Stuart Green’s facing page translation, as well as a critical introduction that provides readers with knowledge of the historical and cultural context in which the play was written and performed. The edition also includes an extensive collection of classroom activities especially designed by Lucy Meyer and Stuart Green to enable secondary school and university teachers to use the play, its translation and other authentic materials to teach a variety of linguistic and grammatical features of Spanish in all four skills areas in language learning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThere’s no-one quite like Grandma 1\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eVallecas: from village to neighbourhood and on stage 2\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePlot summary 5\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAlonso de Santos and the theatre of his time: playwriting\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eand politics 7\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa estanquera de Vallecas\u003c\/i\u003e: a blend of \u003ci\u003esainete \u003c\/i\u003eand the picaresque 13\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCharacters 20\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePremiere(s): critical and commercial reaction 28\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNotes on the translation 32\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 35\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTranslator's Note 35\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBibliography 36\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa estanquera de Vallecas \u003c\/i\u003e\/ \u003ci\u003eThe Granny and the Heist \u003c\/i\u003e39\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTeaching Resources\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 138\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAddressing any concerns 139\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTeaching and learning objectives 140\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSkills activities 142\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSpeaking 142\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eListening 151\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReading 153\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWriting 155\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eResearch project 159\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePerformance 160\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLesson sequence 163\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEntrevista con Beatriz Bergamín \/\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eInterview with Beatriz Bergamín 166\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTranscriptions of videoclips 172\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePhotographs from the 1985 stage production 176\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSample student work 178\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAnswers to questions 189\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470016155991,"sku":"9781786941053","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781786941053.jpg?v=1744897106","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-granny-and-the-heist-la-estanquera-de-vallecas-9781786941053","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}