Shakespeare in the Spanish theatre : 1772 to the present /

Shakespeare in the Spanish theatre : 1772 to the present /

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Author / Creator:	Gregor, Keith (Graham Keith), 1960-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.
Description:	vii, 188 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Continuum Shakespeare studies Continuum Shakespeare studies.
Subject:	Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- Spain. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- Spain. Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. Theater -- Spain -- History. Art appreciation. Theater. Spain. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7928924

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ISBN:	9780826499349 (hardback) 0826499341 (hardback) 9781441181046 (pbk.) 1441181040 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-178) and index.
Summary:	"Shakespeare in the Spanish Theatre offers an account of Shakespeare's presence on the Spanish stage, from a production of the first Spanish rendering of Jean-Francois Ducis's Hamlet in 1772 to the creative and controversial work of directors like Calixto Bieito and Alex Rigola in the early 21st century. Despite a largely indirect entrance into the culture, Shakespeare has gone on to become the best-known and most widely performed of all foreign playwrights. What is more, by the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century there have been more productions of Shakespeare than of all of Spain's major Golden Age dramatists put together. This book explores and explains this spectacular rise to prominence and offers a timely overview of Shakespeare's place in Spain's complex and vibrant culture."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. The Taste for Tragedy
2. False Beginnings
3. The Birth of Character
4. Disaster and Regeneration
5. The Franco Years
6. The Transition and Beyond
7. Shakespeare on the 'Periphery'
8. New Horizons
Notes
References
Index