Spotlighting the Comedia Actor

Politics, Tradition, and La vida es sueo on Stage
Offering close readings of five productions of La vida es sueo, Pedro Caldern de la Barca’s most important play, this book brings an innovative methodological approach to a field dominated by textual studies.
Offering close readings of five productions of La vida es sueo, Pedro Caldern de la Barca’s most important play, this book brings an innovative methodological approach to a field dominated by textual studies.WINNER: 2022-23 AHGBI-Spanish Embassy Publication PrizeRecentring actors and their techniques as key elements of performance and critical analysis, it examines the hypothetical premire (ca. 1632), drawing on the original suelta edition and early seventeenth-century acting-related texts, as well as four modern adaptations from Spain’s Compaa Nacional de Teatro Clsico staged in 1996, 2000, 2012 and 2022-24. While directing and design elements are acknowledged, the acting itself – p