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