| Five Plays: Comedies and Tragicomedies Contributor(s): Garcia Lorca, Federico (Author), Graham-Luján, James (Translator), O'Connell, Richard L. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0811200906 ISBN-13: 9780811200905 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1963 Annotation: Federico Garcia Lorca's position as one of the few geniuses of the modern theatre was firmly established in the English-speaking world with his Three Tragedies. Here with an introduction by the dramatist's brother, Francisco Garcia Lorca, are five of his 'comedies, ' in the authorized translations, extensively revised to reflect recent Lorca scholarship and to convey the sparkle, freshness, and magic of the original Spanish. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Drama | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: 862 |
| LCCN: 63013642 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.17" W x 7.89" (0.61 lbs) 251 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Federico García Lorca's position as one of the few geniuses of the modern theatre was firmly established in the English-speaking world with his Three Tragedies. Here, with an introduction by the dramatist's brother, Francisco García Lorca, are five of his "comedies," in the authorized translations, extensively revised to reflect recent Lorca scholarship and to convey the sparkle, freshness, and magic of the original Spanish. The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife tells of a young beauty married to an old man, a theme that often concerned Lorca. The resolution for the earnest shoemaker, who leaves home and comes back disguised as a puppeteer, is lighthearted, but there is underlying pathos. The Love of Don Perlimplin is again about a girl who weds someone much older, this time a bookish, 18th-century gentleman, who seeks an original but sardonic way out of the situation. According to Lorca himself, "Dona Rosita is the outer gentleness and inner scorching of a girl in Granada who, little by little, turns into that grotesque and moving thing -- an old maid in Spain." |
Contributor Bio(s): O'Connell, Richard L.: - Richard L. O'Connell was a translator and playwright.Garcia Lorca, Federico: - Federico García Lorca (1898-1937) was born in Granada, Spain. A poet and playwright (Blood Wedding, The House of Bernarda Alba), he was killed by the Falangists in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.Graham-Lujan, James: - James Graham-Luján is a translator and playwright. |