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A History of the Spanish Stage: from Medieval Times Until the End of the Seventeenth Century

Author : N. D. Shergold
Publisher : Oxford : Clarendon P
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Spanish Stage: from Medieval Times Until the End of the Seventeenth Century written by N. D. Shergold and published by Oxford : Clarendon P. This book was released on 1967 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides a complete account of the way in which plays were staged in Spain from the Middle Ages until about 1700. Covers the early religious and secular drama, the public playhouse, the court theatre, and the morality plays, or autos, written for the Feast of Corpus Christi"--From publisher description.

The Necropolitical Theater

Author : Jeffrey K. Coleman
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810141876
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Necropolitical Theater written by Jeffrey K. Coleman and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Necropolitical Theater: Race and Immigration on the Contemporary Spanish Stage demonstrates how theatrical production in Spain since the early 1990s has reflected national anxieties about immigration and race. Jeffrey K. Coleman argues that Spain has developed a “necropolitical theater” that casts the non-European immigrant as fictionalized enemy—one whose nonwhiteness is incompatible with Spanish national identity and therefore poses a threat to the very Europeanness of Spain. The fate of the immigrant in the necropolitical theater is death, either physical or metaphysical, which preserves the status quo and provides catharsis for the spectator faced with the notion of racial diversity. Marginalization, forced assimilation, and physical death are outcomes suffered by Latin American, North African, and sub-Saharan African characters, respectively, and in these differential outcomes determined by skin color Coleman identifies an inherent racial hierarchy informed by the legacies of colonization and religious intolerance. Drawing on theatrical texts, performances, legal documents, interviews, and critical reviews, this book challenges Spanish theater to develop a new theatrical space. Jeffrey K. Coleman proposes a “convivial theater” that portrays immigrants as contributors to the Spanish state and better represents the multicultural reality of the nation today.

Science on Stage in Early Modern Spain

Author : Enrique García Santo-Tomás
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487504055
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Book Synopsis Science on Stage in Early Modern Spain by : Enrique García Santo-Tomás

Download or read book Science on Stage in Early Modern Spain written by Enrique García Santo-Tomás and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science on Stage in Early Modern Spain features essays by leading scholars in the fields of literary studies and the history of science, exploring the relationship between technical innovations and theatrical events that incorporated scientific content into dramatic productions. Focusing on Spanish dramas between 1500 and 1700, through the birth and development of its playhouses and coliseums and the phenomenal success of its major writers, this collection addresses a unique phenomenon through the most popular, versatile, and generous medium of the time. The contributors tackle subjects and disciplines as diverse as alchemy, optics, astronomy, acoustics, geometry, mechanics, and mathematics to reveal how theatre could be used to deploy scientific knowledge. While Science on Stage contributes to cultural and performance studies it also engages with issues of censorship, the effect of the Spanish Inquisition on the circulation of ideas, and the influence of the Eastern traditions in Spain.

Zarzuela

Author : Janet Lynn Sturman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252025969
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book Zarzuela written by Janet Lynn Sturman and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the most popular form of Spanish entertainment short of the bullfight, the zarzuela boasts a long history of bridging the categories of classical and popular art. It is neither opera nor serious drama, yet it requires both trained singers and good actors. The content is neither purely folkloric nor high art; it is too popular for some and too classical for others. In Zarzuela, Janet L. Sturman assesses the political as well as the musical significance of this chameleon of music-drama. Sturman traces the zarzuela's colorful history from its seventeenth-century origins as a Spanish court entertainment to its adaptation in Spain's colonial outposts in the New World. She examines Cuba's pivotal role in transmitting the zarzuela to Latin America and the Caribbean and draws distinctions among the ways in which various Spanish-speaking communities have reformulated zarzuela, combining elements of the Spanish model with local characters, music, dances, and political perspectives. The settings Sturman considers include Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the American cities of El Paso, Miami, and New York. Sturman also demonstrates how the zarzuela plays a role in defining American urban ethnicity. She offers a glimpse into two longstanding theaters in New York, Repertorio Espa ol and the Thalia Spanish Theatre, that have fostered the tradition of zarzuela, mounting innovative productions and cultivating audiences. Sturman constructs a profile of the audience that supports modern zarzuela and examines the extensive personal network that sustains it financially. Just as the zarzuela afforded an opportunity in the past for Spaniards to assert their individuality in the face of domination by Italian and central European musical standards, it continues to stand for a distinctive Hispanic legacy. Zarzuela provides a major advance in recognizing the enduring cultural and social significance of this resilient and adaptable genre.

The Adulteress on the Spanish Stage

Author : Tracie Amend
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786496924
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Adulteress on the Spanish Stage written by Tracie Amend and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As early as 1760 and as late as 1920, Romantic drama dominated Peninsular Spanish theater. This love affair with Romanticism influenced the formation of Spain's modern national identity, which depended heavily on defining women's place in 19th century society. Women who defied traditional gender roles became a source of anxiety in society and on stage. The adulteress embodied the fear of rebellious women, the growing pains of modernity and the political instability of war and invasion. This book examines the conflicted portrayal of women and the Spanish national identity. Studying the adulteress on stage, the author provides insight into the uneasy tension between progress and tradition in 19th century Spain.

Making the Scene

Author : Oscar G. Brockett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making the Scene written by Oscar G. Brockett and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively, beautifully illustrated history of theatrical stage design from ancient Greek times to the present, coauthored by the world's leading authority, Oscar G. Brockett.

A History of Spanish Golden Age Drama

Author : Henry K. Ziomek
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813183561
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of Spanish Golden Age Drama by : Henry K. Ziomek

Download or read book A History of Spanish Golden Age Drama written by Henry K. Ziomek and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spain's Golden Age, the seventeenth century, left the world one great legacy, the flower of its dramatic genius—the comedia. The work of the Golden Age playwrights represents the largest combined body of dramatic literature from a single historical period, comparable in magnitude to classical tragedy and comedy, to Elizabethan drama, and to French neoclassical theater. A History of Spanish Golden Age Drama is the first up-to-date survey of the history of the comedia, with special emphasis on critical approaches developed during the past ten years. A history of the comedia necessarily focuses on the work of Lope de Vega and Calderon de la Barca, but Ziomek also gives full credit to the host of lesser dramatists who followed in the paths blazed by Lope and Calderon, and whose individual contributions to particular genres added to the richness of Spanish theater. He also examines the profound influence of the comedia on the literature of other cultures.

Aztecs on Stage

Author :
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806185317
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Aztecs on Stage written by and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nahuatl drama, one of the most surprising results of the Catholic presence in colonial Mexico, merges medieval European religious theater with the language and performance traditions of the Aztec (Nahua) people of central Mexico. Franciscan missionaries, seeking effective tools for evangelization, fostered this new form of theater after observing the Nahuas’ enthusiasm for elaborate performances. The plays became a controversial component of native Christianity, allowing Nahua performers to present Christian discourse in ways that sometimes effected subtle changes in meaning. The Indians’ enthusiastic embrace of alphabetic writing enabled the use of scripts, but the genre was so unorthodox that Spanish censors prevented the plays’ publication. As a result, colonial Nahuatl drama survives only in scattered manuscripts, most of them anonymous, some of them passed down and recopied over generations. Aztecs on Stage presents accessible English translations of six of these seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Nahuatl plays. All are based on European dramatic traditions, such as the morality and passion plays; indigenous actors played the roles of saints, angels, devils—and even the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Louise M. Burkhart’s engaging introduction places the plays in historical context, while stage directions and annotations in the works provide insight into the Nahuas’ production practices, which often incorporated elaborate sets, props, and special effects including fireworks and music. The translations facilitate classroom readings and performances while retaining significant artistic features of the Nahuatl originals.

Delicioso

Author : María José Sevilla
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789141893
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Delicioso written by María José Sevilla and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2025-07-13 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish cuisine is a melting-pot of cultures, flavors, and ingredients: Greek and Roman; Jewish, Moorish, and Middle Eastern. It has been enriched by Spanish climate, geology, and spectacular topography, which have encouraged a variety of regional food traditions and “Cocinas,” such as Basque, Galician, Castilian, Andalusian, and Catalan. It has been shaped by the country’s complex history, as foreign occupations brought religious and cultural influences that determined what people ate and still eat. And it has continually evolved with the arrival of new ideas and foodstuffs from Italy, France, and the Americas, including cocoa, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, and chili peppers. Having become a powerhouse of creativity and innovation in recent decades, Spanish cuisine has placed itself among the best in the world. This is the first book in English to trace the history of the food of Spain from antiquity to the present day. From the use of pork fat and olive oil to the Spanish passion for eggplants and pomegranates, María José Sevilla skillfully weaves together the history of Spanish cuisine, the circumstances affecting its development and characteristics, and the country’s changing relationship to food and cookery.

1576 to 1660, Part I

Author : Glynne William Gladstone Wickham
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415197854
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (978 download)

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Book Synopsis 1576 to 1660, Part I by : Glynne William Gladstone Wickham

Download or read book 1576 to 1660, Part I written by Glynne William Gladstone Wickham and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Part II - Early English Stages 1576-1600

Author : Glynne Wickham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136288694
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Book Synopsis Part II - Early English Stages 1576-1600 by : Glynne Wickham

Download or read book Part II - Early English Stages 1576-1600 written by Glynne Wickham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume forms part of the 5 volume set Early English Stages 1300-1660. This set examines the history of the development of dramatic spectacle and stage convention in England from the beginning of the fourteenth century to 1660.

Divination on stage

Author : Folke Gernert
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110695758
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Divination on stage by : Folke Gernert

Download or read book Divination on stage written by Folke Gernert and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magicians, necromancers and astrologers are assiduous characters in the European golden age theatre. This book deals with dramatic characters who act as physiognomists or palm readers in the fictional world and analyses the fictionalisation of physiognomic lore as a practice of divination in early modern Romance theatre from Pietro Aretino and Giordano Bruno to Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca and Thomas Corneille.

Reading Performance

Author : Susan L. Fischer
Publisher : Tamesis Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reading Performance written by Susan L. Fischer and published by Tamesis Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish Golden-Age plays take their place at the forefront of world theatre. Oscar Wilde once observed that `it is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors'. This thought is borne out in this volume, which brings together two different and often mutually exclusive constituencies: the academic critic and the theatre practitioner. In looking at the ways in which theatre is a barometer of society, the essays in this book form part of a larger theoretical inquiry into performance as interpretation, contingent upon the cultural context. Engaging with theoretical approaches to culture, and theoreticians from Elam to Brook, and from Derrida to Bakhtin, the author analyzes in detail productions of plays by Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderón dela Barca, as well as an adaptation of Rojas' Celestina, on the Spanish, or French, or Anglo-American stage. Two chapters deal with appropriations of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice in translation on the Spanish andFrench boards. As they read performance in [trans]national productions, these essays are not only at the cutting-edge of theatre studies on the `foreign' stage, but they also bring Spanish Golden-Age plays, long neglected byprofessional directors of the classics because of the lack of a continuous performance tradition, closer to assuming their rightful place amongst `the great theatre of the world'. SUSAN L. FISCHER is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Bucknell University.

Philip IV and the World of Spain's Rey Planeta

Author : Stephen M. Hart
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1855663538
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Philip IV and the World of Spain's Rey Planeta written by Stephen M. Hart and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did Spain fall into decline or flourish in the seventeenth century? This edited collection looks at perceptions and representations of Philip IV, Spain's 'Planet King', and his government against the backdrop of the seventeenth-century General Crisis in Europe, wars, revolutions and a sovereign debt crisis. Scholars often associate Philip's reign (1621-1665) with decline, decadence, crisis, stagnation and adversity (as did many contemporaries); yet the glittering cultural and artistic achievements (enhanced by his patronage) of the period led it to be dubbed 'the' Golden Age. The book analyses these contradictions, examining Philip's own understanding of kingship and how he and his courtiers used art and ceremony to project an image of strength, tradition, culture and prestige, while, at the same time, the empire grappled with revolts in Europe and falling trade with its New World colonies.

Spanish Theatre 1920 - 1995

Author : Maria M Delgado
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134402171
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Spanish Theatre 1920 - 1995 written by Maria M Delgado and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with a reassessment of the 1920s and 30s, this text looks beyond a consideration of just the most successful Spanish playwrights of the time, and discusses also the work of directors, theorists, actors and designers.

The Theatre in the Middle Ages

Author : William Tydeman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521293044
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Theatre in the Middle Ages written by William Tydeman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Tydeman covers central aspects of western European theatre from the Dark Ages to the building of the first public theatres towards the end of the sixteenth century.

Theatre in Spain, 1490-1700

Author : Melveena McKendrick
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521429016
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Theatre in Spain, 1490-1700 written by Melveena McKendrick and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1989 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to examine the rise of Spain's extraordinary national theatre in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in all its aspects - the commercial theatre, the court drama and the Corpus autos, the organisation of theatrical life, the playhouses themselves and their public, the literary and moral controversies, and the plays as literary texts. The book has been written for students of drama as well as Hispanists: Spanish theatre is set in its national and international context; Spanish titles and theatrical terms are translated. Considerable space has been devoted to the experimental drama of the sixteenth century before Lope de Vega. At the core of the book is a highly distinctive, successful national theatre which mirrored the energies, beliefs and anxieties of a great nation in crisis, yet at the same time granted full expression to the individual genius of its greatest exponents - Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina and Calderon de la Barca.