Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. CONTENTS xi
5. Introduction xiii
6. 1. Pre-Columbian Drama in America 3
7. 2. New World Elements in Early American Drama 15
8. 3. Paraguayan Drama 27
9. 4. The Guaraní Theatre of Paraguay 47
10. 5. Uruguayan Drama 56
11. 6. Springs of Drama in the River Plate Region 76
12. 7. Beginnings of Argentine National Drama 87
13. 8. Florencio Sánchez 105
14. 9. The "Gringa" Theme in River Plate Drama 117
15. 10. Well-Known Twentieth-Century Argentine Dramatists 126
16. 11. Some Contemporary Argentine Dramatists 145
17. 12. Early Actors and Actresses of Latin America 183
18. 13. Beginnings of Drama in Chile 193
19. 14. Chile's National Theatre 209
20. 15. The Contemporary Chilean Theatre 231
21. 16. Peruvian Drama 246
22. 17. Bolivian Drama 273
23. 18. Drama in New Granada 292
24. 19. The Theatre in Independent Ecuador 306
25. 20. The Colombian National Theatre 321
26. 21. Independent Venezuela and Its Theatre 338
27. 22. The Theatre in Panama 354
28. 23. The Theatre in Puerto Rico 358
29. 24. The Theatre in the Dominican Republic 377
30. 25. Cuban Drama 392
31. 26. Costa Rican Drama 415
32. 27. Nicaraguan Drama 426
33. 28. Drama in Honduras 432
34. 29. Drama in El Salvador 436
35. 30. Drama in Guatemala 445
36. 31. Mexico's Theatre over 375 Years 460
37. 32. Twentieth-Century Mexico and Its Theatre 485
38. Appendix: A Reading List of Spanish American Plays 515
39. Bibliography 523
40. Index 567