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Lorca: A Dream of Life by Leslie Stainton
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Published January 1, 1729
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September 4, 2023
“Dream a little dream of me” - lyrics by Gus Kahn
To understand a play, one needs to know something about the playwright, and Leslie Stainton does that so well in this book.
This biography is anything but a collection of dry statistics. However, dry statistics are “fascinating.” I find myself taking the book off the shelf periodically just to peruse it again and again.
Not that you need them but there are a couple of picture sections with stills of Lorca and family and memorabilia.
I learned about Lorca backward by attending a play version of his lyric poem “The Butterfly’s Evil Spell”. I was hooked. However, beware that also floating around out there is some sort of distorted Kabuki version.
Since then, I have read a few other of his plays.
I will not rehash his fascinating life or the details of his demise as that is why you are going to purchase this book.
Thank you for taking the time to read this review.
To understand a play, one needs to know something about the playwright, and Leslie Stainton does that so well in this book.
This biography is anything but a collection of dry statistics. However, dry statistics are “fascinating.” I find myself taking the book off the shelf periodically just to peruse it again and again.
Not that you need them but there are a couple of picture sections with stills of Lorca and family and memorabilia.
I learned about Lorca backward by attending a play version of his lyric poem “The Butterfly’s Evil Spell”. I was hooked. However, beware that also floating around out there is some sort of distorted Kabuki version.
Since then, I have read a few other of his plays.
I will not rehash his fascinating life or the details of his demise as that is why you are going to purchase this book.
Thank you for taking the time to read this review.
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