Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260) and index.
Contents:
Foreword: Theatre for justice / Fernando Villa Proal -- Introduction / Erin Alice Cowling, Tania de Miguel Magro, Mina García Jordán, and Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas -- Part One: Readings of comedias. The poetics of tragedy and justice in Vélez de Guevara's La serrana de la Vera / Harrison Meadows -- Utopian divorce : El descasamentero by Salas Barbadillo / Tania de Miguel Magro -- The voice of the voiceless : towards equality and social justice in Sor Juana's El divino Narciso / Francisco López-Martín -- Staging strikes, depicting merchants, and the Morisco problem in Valencia / Melissa Figueroa -- Notes on an ethics of theatricality in Cervantes : El gallardo español and La Numancia / Moisés R. Castillo -- Using shame and guilt to impose social injustice in Ana Caro's El Conde Partinuplés / Jaclyn Cohen-Steinberg -- Part Two. Adaptations. A social justice framing of the Comedia : EFE TRES Teatro's El príncipe ynocente adaptation / Erin Alice Cowling -- Systemic oppression in Morfeo Teatro's adaptation and production of El coloquio de los perros / Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas -- El Trato de Argel and the immigrant crisis / Mina García Jordán -- Chirinos and Chanfalla go to America : social justice in adaptations of El retablo de las maravillas / Charles Patterson -- Social networks, social justice, and the people's right to the Golden Age canon : the SGAE or the Comedia villain of the digital age? / Elena García Martín -- Part Three. Interviews. Ben Gunter (dramaturg and director), theater with a mission, Tallahassee, Florida -- Harley Erdman (university professor, director, adapter, and translator of early modern theatre) and Gina Kaufmann (university professor, director), University of Massachusetts, Amherst -- Sandra Arpa and Paula Rodríguez (founders, actors, and directors), Teatro Inverso, Spain -- Fernando Villa Proal and Allan Flores (founders and directors), EFE TRES Teatro, Mexico City -- Ian Borden (associate professor of theatre studies), Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, University of Nebraska -- Natalia Menéndez (director, actor, dramaturg), former director of Almagro Festival, Spain.
Summary:
"This collection of original new essays focuses on the many ways in which early modern Spanish plays engaged their audiences in a dialogue about abuse, injustice, and inequality. Far from the traditional monolithic view of theatrical works as tools for expanding ideology, these essays each recognize the power of theatre in reflecting on issues related to social justice. The first section of the book focuses on textual analysis, taking into account legal, feminist, and collective bargaining theory. The second section explores issues surrounding theatricality, performativity, and intellectual property laws through an analysis of contemporary adaptations. The final section reflects on social justice from the practitioners' point of view, including actors and directors. Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theatre reveals how adaptations of classical theatre portray social justice and how throughout history the writing and staging of comedias has been at the service of a wide range of political agendas."-- Provided by publisher.
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