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