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