Lorca: Living in the Theatre

Choice Outstanding Academic Book: An absorbing study.... A refreshing consideration of Lorca's drama within the context of the playwright's public and private worlds. Essential."" This study of all of his plays examines the way in which the dramatist's life was transformed into high art through influences as varied as surrealism and Greek tragedy. In an attempt to cover as many aspects of Lorca's theatre and the time in which he lived as possible, Edwards deals not only with the plays themselves but also includes material on the social and political character of the 1920s and 1930s, on the cultural background, on Lorca's friendships with Dali and Bu?±uel in particular, and on the performances of the plays in his lifetime and afterwards.