Simon Breden

Federico García Lorca (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Lauded as one of the most important poets and playwrights of the 20th Century, Federico Garcia Lorca was also an accomplished theatre director with a clear process and philosophy of how drama should be staged.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040106723
• Artikelnr.: 72273391

Autorenporträt

Simon Breden is currently Doctor Encargado at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. His published work focuses on rehearsal practice, contemporary and Golden Age Spanish theatre, and issues of translating for the stage. He is also a published translator and former stage director.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents

List of figures

Acknowledgements

A note on translations

Prologue

1. LORCA'S LIFE IN THE THEATRE

Formative experiences

La Barraca

Anfistora

Mainstream success

2. KEY WRITINGS AND IDEAS

A Talk About Theatre

The modern director

Lorca's ideas on theatre

Social commitment and theatre

Rhythm and harmony

Imagination and inspiration

Multidisciplinarity

Prologues, Dragón

El público, Comedia sin título

3. KEY PRODUCTIONS

Fuente Ovejuna

Lorca and the Spanish Golden Age

Rehearsing Fuente Ovejuna

Casting

Co-directing: Ugarte and Maortua de Ucelay

Rehearsals and actor training

Working on verse

Co-directing: Rivas Cherif

Acting work

4. PRACTICAL EXERCISES: LORCA AND RIVAS CHERIF

Observations of Lorca's rehearsals

Casting

The rehearsal period

Verse work

Breathing

Verse form

Punctuation and thought

Annotating the text

Improvisation

Character work

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index