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