Classical Spanish Theater in the Cinema
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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.
Reception of the Golden Age Theatre Heritage • Francisco Franco • Reception of the Golden Age theatre heritage • Shakespeare • Agustín Moreto • Communism • Censorship • Film version • Lope de Vega • Siglo de Oro • Spanish Golden Age theater • Pedro Calderón de la Barca • Calderón • Filmic rewriting • Golden Age Drama • Argentine cinema • Reception • Spanishness • Cinema • Nazism • Rafael Alberti • Don Juan • Portugal • Cinematographic adaption • Naples • Spanish Comedia • El perro del hortelano • El desdén con el desdén • Dictatorship • Adaptation • María Teresa León • Spanish theater of Golden Century • Film adaptation • Spanish cinema • Theatrical space • National identity • Audience • Francoism • Pilar Miró • Spain • Theatre • El Alcalde de Zalamea • Franco’s regime • Hispanism • Dialectic high vs low • Screen adaptation • Theatre in cinema • Menos es más • Cinematic space • Theories on adaptation • Monologue • Propaganda • Golden Age Drama Studies • La vida es sueño • Theater-cinema relations