Political Theatre During the Spanish Civil War - Hardcover

The Spanish Civil War was a time of repression and political conflict, the art of the theatre suffering with other art mediums and the Spanish people as a whole. This text draws upon rare and previously unpublished material in order to study this subject.

The Spanish Civil War was a time of repression and political conflict, the art of the theatre suffering with other art mediums and the Spanish people as a whole. This text draws upon rare and previously unpublished material in order to study this subject. The author discusses the texts and performances in the context of the time. He relates the Spanish theatre to the various ideologies and atrocious war conditions. In a more detailed analysis he also links the Spanish theatre tradition to the wider context of European political theatre.