Lorca: Living In The Theatre by Gwynne Edwards

66 in stock

215mm x 139mm x 17mm

Pages: 200

Now in paperback, a penetrating study of the life and work of an enigma in the world of theatre and poetryGÇöawarded ChoicesOutstanding Academic Book of the Year upon first publication
Lorcas theatre, like that of Strindberg and Tennessee Williams, voices his personal dilemmas, not least his homosexuality. This study of all his plays examines the way in which the dramatists life was transformed into high art through influences as varied as Surrealism and Greek tragedy. In an attempt to cover as many aspects of LorcaGÇÖs theatre and the time in which he lived as possible, the book deals not only with the plays themselves but includes material on the social and political character of the 1920s and 1930s, on the cultural background, on Lorcas friendships with Dal+¡ and Bu+¦uel, and on the performances of the plays in his lifetime and afterwards.