1st Edition
Performing the Transition to Democracy Theater and Performance in 1970s Spain
By David Rodríguez-Solás
Copyright 2025
172 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines troupes, plays, festivals, performative practices, and audiences active during the final years of the Franco dictatorship and the beginning of the transition to democracy.
This period, spanning 1968 to 1982, is considered the historical moment that most directly shaped contemporary Spanish politics and society. The dominant narrative of the Transition has long portrayed it as... Read more
1. Resignifying the Past and the Performance Tradition 2. Laying the Groundwork for the Theater of the Future 3. European Tours of Independent Theater in the 1970s 4. The Fight for Democracy Takes to the Streets
Biography
David Rodríguez-Solás is Associate Professor of Spanish literary and theater studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
