Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Photos ix
4. Foreword: Theatre for Justice xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE Readings of Comedias
8. 1 The Poetics of Tragedy and Justice in Vélez de Guevara’s La serrana de la Vera 15
9. 2 Utopian Divorce: El descasamentero by Salas Barbadillo 34
10. 3 The Voice of the Voiceless: Towards Equality and Social Justice in Sor Juana’s El divino Narciso 53
11. 4 Staging Strikes, Depicting Merchants, and the Morisco Problem in Valencia 68
12. 5 Notes on An Ethics of Theatricality in Cervantes: El gallardo español and La Numancia 82
13. 6 Using Shame and Guilt to Impose Social Injustice in Ana Caro’s El Conde Partinuplés 98
14. PART TWO Adaptations
15. 7 A Social Justice Framing of the Comedia: EFE TRES Teatro’s El príncipe ynocente Adaptation 119
16. 8 Systemic Oppression in Morfeo Teatro’s Adaptation and Production of El coloquio de los perros 137
17. 9 El Trato de Argel and the Immigrant Crisis 157
18. 10 Chirinos and Chanfalla Go to America: Social Justice in Adaptations of El retablo de las maravillas 175
19. 11 Social Networks, Social Justice, and the People’s Right to the Golden Age Canon: The SGAE or the Comedia Villain of the Digital Age? 191
20. PART THREE Interviews
21. 12 Ben Gunter (dramaturg and director), Theater with a Mission, Tallahassee, Florida 211
22. 13 Harley Erdman (university professor, director, adapter, and translator of early modern theatre) and Gina Kaufmann (university professor, director), University of Massachusetts, Amherst 217
23. 14 Sandra Arpa and Paula Rodríguez (founders, actors, and directors), Teatro Inverso, Spain 223
24. 15 Fernando Villa Proal and Allan Flores (founders and directors), EFE TRES Teatro, Mexico City 227
25. 16 Ian Borden (associate professor of theatre studies), Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, University of Nebraska 232
26. 17 Natalia Menéndez (director, actor, dramaturg), former director of Almagro Festival, Spain 237
27. Bibliography 243
28. Contributors 261
29. Index 265
30. Toronto Iberic 275