Golden Age Drama in Contemporary Spain: The Comedia on Page, Stage and Screen

Author:   Duncan Wheeler
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
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9780708324745


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   15 April 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Golden Age Drama in Contemporary Spain: The Comedia on Page, Stage and Screen


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Golden Age Drama in Contemporary Spain examines the work of Spain’s three major playwrights of the baroque era, Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Vega, and Tirso Molina, in the context of contemporary Spain and twenty-first-century stagings of their works, both on stage and in film and television. The first extended study of these dramatists to consider modern-day performances of their work in their full sociohistorical context, this volume attempts to remedy the traditional absence of performance-based approaches in Golden Age studies, while also providing detailed aesthetic analyses of individual adaptations. Written in a clear, concise style and featuring helpful plot summaries, this is a genuinely interdisciplinary work that will appeal to practitioners as well as students and scholars working in Hispanic and theater studies.

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Author:   Duncan Wheeler
Publisher:   University of Wales Press
Imprint:   University of Wales Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780708324745


ISBN 10:   0708324746
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   15 April 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: The performance history of Golden Age drama in Spain (1939 - 2009) Chapter 2: An (early) modern classic: Fuente Ovejuna in contemporary Spain Chapter 3: Resurrecting lost traditions? Calderon's wife-murder plays and the CNTC Chapter 4: Cinema and Golden Age drama: the comedia goes to the movies Chapter 5: Locating Spanish classical drama in (inter)national contexts: Almagro, the CNTC, and the RSC Conclusion

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An important book that reflects the decisive moment Golden Age drama is currently passing through on the contemporary stage Eduardo Vasco Director, National Classical Theatre Company


Author Information

Dr Duncan Wheeler is a Leverhulme Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, where he is also a member of the executive committee at the Centre for World Cinemas.

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