Theatre Censorship in Spain, 19311985

This is a comprehensive study of the impact of censorship on theatre in twentieth-century Spain, analysing changes in censorship from the Second Republic to the post-Franco transition to democracy, and illuminating the ideological underpinnings, the effects on the industry and the responses of theatremakers.

About the author

Catherine O'Leary is professor of Spanish at the University of St Andrews. She is the author of The Theatre of Antonio Buero Vallejo: Ideology, Politics and Censorship. Michael Thompson is professor of Hispanic studies at Durham University and the author of Performing Spanishness: History, Cultural Identity and Censorship in the Theatre of José María Rodríguez Méndez.

Summary

This is a comprehensive study of the impact of censorship on theatre in twentieth-century Spain, analysing changes in censorship from the Second Republic to the post-Franco transition to democracy, and illuminating the ideological underpinnings, the effects on the industry and the responses of theatremakers.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine O'Leary, Catherine Thompson O''leary, O'Leary Catherine, Michael Thompson
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2023
• EAN: 9781786839824
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-982-4
• No. of pages: 560
• Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; European History, Spain, Theatre, michael, 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, Censorship, Theatre Studies, Catherine, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Thompson, History of Performing Arts, HISTORY / Europe / Spain, O'Leary, 1931–1985