Frederico Garcia Lorca: Impossible Theatre, Short Plays (Great Translations) [Paperback]

Federico Garcia Lorca (Author), Caridad Svich (Author), Federico Garcia Lorca (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2000 | Series: Great Translations for Actors Series

This collection brings together new original English-language translations of frederico Garcia Lorca's so-called "impossible" plays, as well as new translations of thirteen of his most recognized poems from his Poet in new York cycle. Along with translations are essays on Lorca's work by some of his most prominent Lorca scholars currently working today, and cover art and dramaturgical notes by esteemed Catalan painter, scenic designer, and filmmaker Frederic Amat. This volume seeks to recontextualize Lorca's experimental work for a new audience now that 100 years have passed since the poet's birth, and allows directors, actors, and academics to rediscover the lesser-known plays of Lorca's commedia-influenced period as as reaquaint themselves with his little-performed classic As Five Years Pass.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Svich has Americanized the language in order to bring out their humor in a manner which Lorca would heartily approve. -- Juliette Carrillo, Director, Hispanic Playwrights Project

About the Author

Caridad Svich is a playwright and translator affiliated with the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, where she held an NEA/TCG Residency. Her plays include Alchemy of Desire/Dead-Man's Blues and Any Place But Here, which has been seen at Theater for the New City in New York under the direction of Maria Irene Fornes in 1995. Most recently, her translation of Federico Garcia Lorca's As Five Years Pass received its premiere at INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center in New York. Her play Gleaning/Rebusca is featured in the collection Shattering the Myth published by Arte Publico Press (1992), and is co-editor of the anthology of Lantino/a plays and performance texts Out of the Fringe published by TCG/Nick Hern Books (1999). She is also an affiliated artist with The Women's Project, and New Georges Theatres in New York, and ASK Theater Projects in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc; 1st edition (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575252287
• ISBN-13: 978-1575252285
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #714,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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