Dramatists in Revolt : : The New Latin American Theater / / ed. by George W. Woodyard, Leon F. Lyday.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Cypess, Sandra,; Dauster, Frank,; Forster, Merlin,; Holzapfel, Tamara,; Knowles, John,; Kuehne, Alyce,; Lyday, Leon,; Mazzara, Richard,; Peden, Margaret,; Schmidt, Donald,; Schoenbach, Peter,; Skinner, Eugene,; Woodyard, George,
• HerausgeberIn: Lyday, Leon F.,; Woodyard, George W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1976
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Dramatists in Revolt, through studies of the major playwrights, explores significant movements in Latin American theater. Playwrights discussed are those who have made outstanding contributions to Latin American theater during the post–World War II period and who have been particularly sensitive to...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Part One Spanish American Dramatists
• 1. The Theater of Antón Arrufat (Cuba)
• 2. The Theater of Emilio Carballido: Spinning a Web (Mexico)
• 3. The Spectacular in the Theater of Agustín Cuzzani (Argentina)
• 4. Jorge Díaz and the Liturgy of Violence (Chile)
• 5. The Theater of Osvaldo Dragún (Argentina)
• 6. The Plays of Griselda Gambaro (Argentina)
• 7. The Theater of Carlos Gorostiza (Argentina)
• 8. The Theater of Luis Alberto Heiremans: 1928-1964 (Chile)
• 9. Luisa Josefina Hernández: The Labyrinth of Form (Mexico)
• 10. The Theater of Rene Marqués: In Search of Identity and Form (Puerto Rico)
• 11. The Game of Chance: The Theater of José Triana (Cuba)
• 12. The Theater of Egon Wolff (Chile)
• Part Two Brazilian Dramatists
• 13. The Theater of Jorge Andrade
• 14. The Theater of Alfredo Dias Gomes
• 15. Plínio Marcos: Reporter of Bad Times
• Notes on the Contributors
• Source Materials on Latin American Theater
• Index