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Theatre Censorship in Spain, 1931–1985
About this book
This is a comprehensive study of the impact of censorship on theatre in twentieth-century Spain. It draws on extensive archival evidence, vivid personal testimonies and in-depth analysis of legislation to document the different kinds of theatre censorship practised during the Second Republic (1931–6), the civil war (1936–9), the Franco dictatorship (1939–75) and the transition to democracy (1975–85). Changes in criteria, administrative structures and personnel from these periods are traced in relation to wider political, social and cultural developments, and the responses of playwrights, directors and companies are explored. With a focus on censorship, new light is cast on particular theatremakers and their work, the conditions in which all kinds of theatre were produced, the construction of genres and canons, as well as on broader cultural history and changing ideological climate – all of which are linked to reflections on the nature of censorship and the relationship between culture and the state.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Series Editors’ Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of illustrations
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of Theatre Censorship in Spain from the 1830s to the 1930s
- 2 Un teatro de ida y vuelta: All Change and No Change in the Second Republic and the Civil War
- 3 The Franco Dictatorship: Censorship as ‘Propaganda’, ‘Education’ and ‘Information’
- 4 The Pervasiveness of Censorship during the Dictatorship: Right-Wing Triumphalism, Commercial Theatre, Revistas and Catalan Theatre
- 5 The Realist Generation: A Spotlight on the Margins of Society
- 6 Experimental, Avant-Garde and Independent Theatre: Pushing the Boundaries
- 7 The Censorship of Foreign Theatre: From Taming the Text to Disruptive Drama
- 8 Dénouement: Dismantling the Apparatus during the Transition to Democracy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Notes