Reception and Renewal in Modern Spanish Theatre: 1939-1963

John London

Reception and Renewal in Modern Spanish Theatre
1939-1963

John London

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MHRA Texts and Dissertations 45

W. S. Maney & Son Ltd for the Modern Humanities Research Association

1 January 1997

ISBN: 978-1-839546-83-9 (Hosted on this website)

Open Access with doi: 10.59860/td.b8cacba

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The book constitutes the first attempt to provide an overview of the reception of foreign drama in Spain during the Franco dictatorship. John London analyses performance, stage design, translation, censorship, and critical reviews in relation to the works of many authors, including Noel Coward, Arthur Miller, Eugène Ionesco, and Samuel Beckett. He compares the original reception of these dramatists with the treatment they were given in Spain. However, his study is also a reassessment of the Spanish drama of the period. Dr London argues that only by tracing the reception of non-Spanish drama can we understand the praise lavished on playwrights such as Antonio Buero Vallejo and Alfonso Sastre, alongside the simultaneous rejection of Spanish avant-garde styles. A concluding reinterpretation of the early plays of Fernando Arrabal indicates the richness of an alternative route largely ignored in histories of Spanish theatre.

This book, originally published in paperback in 1997 under the ISBN 978-0-901286-83-3, was made Open Access in 2025 as part of the MHRA Revivals programme.

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i-xiv, 1-114, xv-xxii, 115-274	Reception and Renewal in Modern Spanish Theatre: 1939–1963 John London Complete volume as single PDF The complete text of this book.	Read

i-xiv	Reception and Renewal in Modern Spanish Theatre: 1939–1963s - Front Matter John London doi:10.59860/td.c04e371 Front cover, Contents, Acknowledgements, Reference System, Abbreviations, and List of Plates.	Read Cite
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1-36	Introduction John London doi:10.59860/td.c15d7ae The 'Universal' Complex - The Theatrical Crisis in the 1920s and 1930s - 'Foreign' Theatre Before 1939 - The Francoist Takeover: The New Censorship and Changes in Official Attitudes - 'Foreign' Theatre after 1939 - Previous Work and the Need for a New Study - The Period under Analysis: 1939–63 - The Method of Approach: Limits and Ambitions.	Read Cite
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37-60	Chapter 1: Escapist Theatre John London doi:10.59860/td.c26cbf5 Los Vieneses (1942-59) - Noel Coward - Somerset Maugham - Eduardo De Filippo - Peter Ustinov - Other Productions - Conclusion.	Read Cite
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61-86	Chapter 2: Religions and Didactic Theatre John London doi:10.59860/td.c37c03c J. B. Priestley - Graham Greene - Georges Bernanos - Diego Fabbri - Other Productions - Conclusion.	Read Cite
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87-114	Chapter 3: Serious North-American Drama John London doi:10.59860/td.c48b41f Thornton Wilder - Arthur Miller - Tennessee Williams - Eugene O'Neill - Other Productions - Conclusion.	Read Cite
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xv-xxii	Plates John London doi:10.59860/td.c59a866 Plates 1 to 14.	Read Cite
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115-45	Chapter 4: The Parisian Avant-Garde John London doi:10.59860/td.c6a9cad Jean-Paul Sartre - Eugène Ionesco - Samuel Beckett - Other Productions - Conclusion.	Read Cite
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146-79	Chapter 5: Aesthetic, Social, and Political Conclusions John London doi:10.59860/td.c6c4acc Spanish Awareness of Foreign Theatre - Social and Political Ramifications - Conclusions on Spanish Theatre.	Read Cite
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180-204	Chapter 6: Historia de una Escalera, Escuadra Hacia la Muerte, and the Forgotten Genre of the Theatre of the Absurd John London doi:10.59860/td.c7bb873 Responses to the Crisis - A Wider Context for Historia de una escalera and Escuadra hacia la muerte - The Theatre of the Absurd as a Literary Genre: A Comparative Approach.	Read Cite
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205-29	Chapter 7: Fernando Arrabal: A Dramatist Displaced John London doi:10.59860/td.c04e370 The First Production: El triciclo - Arrabal's Plagiarism Examined - Different Contexts - Pic-nic and Guernica: Artistic Gestures in Texts of Conflict - Conclusion.	Read Cite
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230-31	Epilogue John London doi:10.59860/td.c15d7b7 A brief epilogue.	Read Cite
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232-74	Reception and Renewal in Modern Spanish Theatre: 1939–1963s - End Matter John London doi:10.59860/td.c26cbf4 Bibliography, Index, and back cover.	Read Cite
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Reception and Renewal in Modern Spanish Theatre 1939-1963

John London

Reception and Renewal in Modern Spanish Theatre
1939-1963