
Three Comedies
University Press of Colorado
Published on 15. September 2004
Book
Hardback
238 pages
978-0-87081-780-9 (ISBN)
Description
Three Comedies represents the first English-language collection of plays by Jaime Salom, one of Spain's most important contemporary dramatists. His forty-plus works encompass an impressive array of sub-genres, including domestic dramas, mysteries, political allegories, historical comedies, metaphysical meditations, and tales of Spanish life. Best known for his veiled critiques of Francisco Franco's regime, Salom went on to explore less overtly politicised themes following the dictator's death in 1975. This welcome new volume features a trio of comedies from his later phase that offer acute insight into life under the eased restraints of a nominally democratic Spain. Included in this collection are Behind the Scenes in Eden (1978), a wry retelling of events in Eden from a feminist perspective; Rigmaroles (1990), which recounts Golden Age author Juan Timoneda's domestic turmoil precipitated by a change in political winds; and The Other William (1998), in which Shakespeare appears as an opportunistic actor taking credit for someone else's writing.
All three comedies revel in the foibles of protagonists who, in their search for self-determination, never quite manage to escape the spectre of tyrannical authority.
All three comedies revel in the foibles of protagonists who, in their search for self-determination, never quite manage to escape the spectre of tyrannical authority.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Colorado
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-87081-780-9 (9780870817809)
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Three Comedies
Behind the Scenes in Eden, Rigamaroles, and The Other William
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09/2004
1st Edition
University Press of Colorado
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Content
Bibliography; About the Translations; Behind the Scenes in Eden; Rigmaroles; The Other William.