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