A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M

Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-11769-2 - A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies Frontmatter More information A History of Theatre in Spain Leading theatre historians and practitioners map a theatrical history that moves from the religious tropes of medieval Iberia to the post- modern practices of twenty-first-century Spain. Considering work across the different languages of Spain, from vernacular Latin to Catalan, Galician, Castilian and Basque, the history engages with the work of actors and directors, designers and publishers, agents and impresarios, and architects and ensembles in indicating the ways in which theatre has both commented on and intervened in the major debates and issues of the day. Chapters consider paratheatrical activities and popular performance, such as the comedia de magia and flamenco, alongside the works of Spain’s major dramatists, from Lope de Vega to Federico Garcıá Lorca. Featuring revealing interviews with actor Nuria Espert, director Lluı´s Pasqual and playwright Juan Mayorga, the volume positions Spanish theatre within a paradigm that recognises its links and intersections with wider European and Latin-American practices. Maria M. Delgado is Professor of Theatre and Screen Arts at Queen Mary, University of London, and co-editor of the journal Contemporary Theatre Review. She has published widely in the areas of modern Catalan and Spanish theatre and film with a particular interest in the work of performers and directors, and the intersections between stage and screen cultures. Her publications include Federico Garcıá Lorca (2008), ‘Other’ Spanish Theatres (2003) and nine further co-edited volumes including Contemporary European Theatre Directors (2010). David T. Gies is Commonwealth Professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia. He has published Agustıń Durań (1975), Nicola´s Fernańdez de Moratıń (1979), Theatre and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Spain (1988), The Theatre in Nineteenth-Century Spain (1994), The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture (1999) and The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature (2004). He is the editor of the journal Dieciocho. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-11769-2 - A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies Frontmatter More information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-11769-2 - A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies Frontmatter More information ahistoryof Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. 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First published 2012 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data A history of theatre in Spain / edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. isbn 978-0-521-11769-2 (Hardback) 1. Th eater–Spain–History. 2. Spanish drama–History and criticism. i. Delgado, Maria M. ii. Gies, David Th atcher. pn2781.h58 2012 792.0946–dc23 2011027495 isbn 978-0-521-11769-2 Hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, travel timetables, and other factual information given in this work is correct at the time of fi rst printing but Cambridge University Press does not guarantee the accuracy of such information thereafter. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-11769-2 - A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies Frontmatter More information In memoriam Rene´ Andioc (1930–2011) and David Bradby (1942–2011) © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-11769-2 - A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies Frontmatter More information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-11769-2 - A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies Frontmatter More information Contents List of illustrations x List of contributors xiii Acknowledgements xix Introduction 1 maria m. delgado and david t. gies 1 The challenges of historiography: The theatre in medieval Spain 18 Ængel gómez moreno 2 Lope de Vega, Calderoń de la Barca and Tirso de Molina: Spain’s Golden Age drama and its legacy 36 jonathan thacker 3 The world as a stage: Politics, imperialism and Spain’s seventeenth-century theatre 57 josØ mara ruano de la haza 4 Playing the palace: Space, place and performance in early modern Spain 79 margaret r. greer 5 The art of the actor, 1565–1833: From moral suspicion to social institution 103 evangelina rodrguez cuadros 6 Theatrical infrastructures, dramatic production and performance, 1700–1759 120 fernando domØnech rico vii © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-11769-2 - A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies Frontmatter More information viii | contents 7 Popular theatre and the Spanish stage, 1737–1798 134 josep maria sala valldaura 8 Theatre of the elites, neoclassicism and the Enlightenment, 1750–1808 157 renØ andioc 9 Actors and agency in the modern era, 1801–2010 173 josep llus sirera 10 Zarzuela: High art, popular culture and music theatre 193 rafael lamas 11 Nineteenth-century Spanish theatre: The birth of an industry 211 josØ luis gonzÆlez subas 12 Copyright, buildings, spaces and the nineteenth-century stage 244 lisa surwillo 13 Modernism and the avant-garde in fin-de-sie`cle Barcelona and Madrid 264 david george and jesœs rubio jimØnez 14 Continuity and innovation in Spanish theatre, 1900–1936 282 dru dougherty and andrew a. anderson 15 Theatrical activities during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 310 jim mccarthy 16 Theatre, colonialism, exile and the Americas 323 helena buffery © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-11769-2 - A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies Frontmatter More information contents | ix 17 Theatre under Franco (1939–1975): Censorship, playwriting and performance 341 john london 18 Flamenco: Performing the local / performing the state 372 lourdes orozco 19 Nationalism, identity and the theatre across the Spanish state in the democratic era, 1975–2010 391 sharon g. feldman and anxo abun gonzÆlez 20 Directors and the Spanish stage, 1823–2010 426 maria m. delgado 21 This evolution is still ongoing 453 interview with nuria espert 22 Theatre as a process of discovery 466 interview with llus pasqual 23 Theatre is the art of the future 478 interview with juan mayorga Select bibliography 486 Index 502 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-11769-2 - A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M. Delgado and David T. Gies Frontmatter More information Illustrations 1. The rebuilt corral at Almagro # Museo del Teatro, Almagro. 44 2. Manuel Canseco’s reconstruction of the Corral del Prıńcipe, Madrid, courtesy of Jose´ Marıá Ruano de la Haza. 44 3. Rene´ Carlier’s ground plan of the Coliseo, 1712, adapted by Jose´ Marıá Ruano de la Haza. 74 4. Baccio del Bianco, Loa for Pedro Calderoń de la Barca’s Andro´meda y Perseo (Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, the Houghton Library, Harvard University). 98 5. The actor Cosme Pe´rez in the persona of the jester-fool Juan Rana (Real Academia Espanõla). 111 6. The dance of the Magician and the Gypsy. From Gregorio Lambranzi’s Nuova e curiosa Scuola de’Balli Theatrali, 1716 (Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid). 128 7. Spanish theatre costume (portrait of Marıá Ladvenant y Quirante). From Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Coleccioń de trajes, 1777 (Museo Municipal de Madrid). 154 8. Marıá Guerrero and her husband Fernando Dıáz de Mendoza in the third act of La malquerida, c. 1913 (Fondo Sedo´ del Institut del Teatre de la Diputacioń de Barcelona). 182 9. The Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid (Archivo Ruiz Vernacci, IPCE, Ministerio de Cultura, Spain). 201 10. Poster for the zarzuela, La Gran Vıá, 1886 (Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid). 205 11. Cover design for Narciso Serra’s El todo por el todo (1863) from the Museo Drama´tico Ilustrado collection, 1863. 235 12. Teatro Prıńcipe Alfonso, Madrid, 1867 (Museo Municipal de Madrid). 256 13. Hauptmann’s L’ordinari Henschel, directed by Adria` Gual for the Teatre´ Intim at the Teatre de les Arts de Barcelona, 18 December 1903 x © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-11769-2 - A History of Theatre in Spain Edited by Maria M.

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