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Spanish Classical Drama
David Castillejo
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Description for Spanish Classical Drama
Hardback. First book of it's kind covering such a wide timeline of Spanish classical drama. Also edited by Lope de Vega, Guillen de Castro, Salas Barbidillio and many more prominent figures of the Spanish Drama world. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
With over 2000 plays, Spain’s seventeenth-century Golden Age has the richest theatrical heritage of Europe, though only a tiny fraction of it has been performed in modern times. Throughout his forty years of reading, David Castillejo has discovered many unknown and buried masterpieces. To help actors, directors and researchers cope with such vast material he has classified 1000 of these plays as Good, Minor or Mediocre, giving a brief summary of the plots and the number of characters in each play. Unfortunately the political destruction of the projected Centro deteatro clásico at Alcalá de Henares makes it unlikely that Spain’s ... Read more
With over 2000 plays, Spain’s seventeenth-century Golden Age has the richest theatrical heritage of Europe, though only a tiny fraction of it has been performed in modern times. Throughout his forty years of reading, David Castillejo has discovered many unknown and buried masterpieces. To help actors, directors and researchers cope with such vast material he has classified 1000 of these plays as Good, Minor or Mediocre, giving a brief summary of the plots and the number of characters in each play. Unfortunately the political destruction of the projected Centro deteatro clásico at Alcalá de Henares makes it unlikely that Spain’s ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
388
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849430012
SKU
V9781849430012
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About David Castillejo
David Castillejo (Madrid, 1927) read History at King's College, Cambridge. Since the 1950s he has spent periods of time in Spain rediscovering the intellectual freedom enjoyed in Madrid in 1896 - 1937 in Los intelectuales reformades de Espana. In 1983 he organised the Exhibition of the Fouth Centenary of the Corral del Principe in Madrid. David also helped classify the ... Read more
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