Author : George E. Wellwarth
Publisher : University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Spanish Underground Drama by : George E. Wellwarth
Download or read book Spanish Underground Drama written by George E. Wellwarth and published by University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Wellwarth's study is an account of the remarkable and extensive dramatic writing that has come from Spain since Buero-Vallejo's Story of a Staircase was first produced in 1950. For political reasons, almost all the plays discussed here remain both unproduced and unpublished in Spain and exist only in manuscript form, thus the appellation "underground" drama. Both descriptive and introductory, this book confines itself to the truly "underground" authors, and does not cover such writers as Antonio Buero-Vallejo, Alfonso Sastre, Carlos Muñiz, and Lauro Olmo who, although clearly belonging to the movement, are already known to the English speaking world. Since most of the dramas dealt with here are distinguished by their political slant, the few that have actually been produced in Spain have either appeared in a sharply censored form or have been licensed by the Spanish government for a single performance only. It is the author's sincere hope that in the near future the "underground" will become a thing of the past and that these gifted Spanish playwrights will be internationally recognized and their plays openly produced.