The Shoemaker's Wonderful Wife and The Love of Don Perlimplín use an old story of the old man married to the young wife to expose the social attitudes of a traditional Spain bound by rigid concepts of decency, reputation and honour. The Puppet Play deploys the puppets' uninhibited and passionate emotions as a direct attack on the 'tedious triviality' of commercial theatre. The Butterfly's Evil Spell explores the themes of love and frustration, while When Five Years Pass is a surrealist play with references to the film Un Chien Andalou [The Andalusian Dog] by Lorca's friend and collaborator, Luis Buñuel.
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"Lorca is one of the few indisputably great dramatists of the twentieth century"—Observer
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish
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Unknown García Lorca plays,
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This review is from: Lorca: Plays: Two: The Shoemaker's Wonderful Wife, The Love of Don Perlimplín, The Puppet Play of Don Cristóbal, The Butterfly's Evil Spell, and When Five Years Pass (Vol 2) (Paperback)
Everyone knows García Lorca's tragedies (Blood Wedding, Bernarda Alba, Yerma), but his earlier plays, sometimes tragic and sometimes comic, are just as intense and beautiful. "The Shoemaker's Wonderful Wife" is the story of a young woman married to an older man, who discovers that she loves her husband only when he has left (but he does come back). "Don Perlimplin" and "Don Cristóbal" have aspects of commedia dell' arte, but all these plays are extremely Spanish, full of word play and folklore.
The "Butterfly" and "Five Years" tend more toward vanguard theater, and they may not be as attractive to readers who do not know García Lorca. But he is always interesting to those who love theater.
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This review is from: Lorca: Plays: Two: The Shoemaker's Wonderful Wife, The Love of Don Perlimplín, The Puppet Play of Don Cristóbal, The Butterfly's Evil Spell, and When Five Years Pass (Vol 2) (Paperback)
Lorca's plays are as interesting as Lorca himself is. This is the one of the few publications that I could find containing "The Butterfly's Evil Spell." I have seen two versions of the play and cannot wait for another. However just reading this play will being images of life its self to you and you can visualize what it would be like as a beetle-poet in love with a butterfly.
You will find yourself quoting many lines. Lorca: A Dream of Life
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