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