Classical Spanish Theater in the Cinema
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abstract
This book aims to deepen the relationship between classical Spanish theater and cinema through the analysis of a corpus which has been only partially studied and recently rescued by critics. The chapters first deal with theoretical questions about the cinematographic adaptation of a dramatic text, followed by specific studies of significant periods in the political and cultural history of Spain in the 20th century, such as the artistic production of exile and that of the Franco regime, also taking into account the creative contribution of the most recent films based on the theme and their impact on contemporary society.
Spanish Golden Age theater • Menos es más • El perro del hortelano • Golden Age Drama Studies • Cinematographic adaption • Hispanism • Lope de Vega • Censorship • Propaganda • Agustín Moreto • María Teresa León • Siglo de Oro • Calderón • Screen adaptation • Theories on adaptation • Dialectic high vs low • Theatrical space • Monologue • Film adaptation • El desdén con el desdén • Golden Age Drama • Spanishness • Cinematic space • Audience • Spanish theater of Golden Century • Naples • Argentine cinema • Communism • Franco’s regime • Spain • Rafael Alberti • Spanish cinema • Francisco Franco • La vida es sueño • Pilar Miró • Don Juan • Reception of the Golden Age theatre heritage • Theater-cinema relations • Spanish Comedia • Nazism • Pedro Calderón de la Barca • Reception of the Golden Age Theatre Heritage • Dictatorship • Cinema • Theatre • El Alcalde de Zalamea • Film version • Portugal • Shakespeare • Theatre in cinema • Filmic rewriting • Reception • National identity • Francoism • Adaptation