Impossible Theater: Five Plays and Thirteen Poems

by Federico García Lorca, Caridad Svich

This collection brings together new original English-language translations of frederico Garcia Lorca's so-called "impossible" plays, as well as new translations of thirteen of his most recognized poems from his Poet in new York cycle. Along with translations are essays on Lorca's work by some of his most prominent Lorca scholars currently working today, and cover art and dramaturgical notes by esteemed Catalan painter, scenic designer, and filmmaker Frederic Amat. This volume seeks to recontextualize Lorca's experimental work for a new audience now that 100 years have passed since the poet's birth, and allows directors, actors, and academics to rediscover the lesser-known plays of Lorca's commedia-influenced period as as reaquaint themselves with his little-performed classic As Five Years Pass.

Genres: Plays, Poetry

168 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2000

About the author

Born in Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Spain, June 5 1898; died near Granada, August 19 1936, García Lorca is one of Spain's most deeply appreciated and highly revered poets and dramatists. His murder by the Nationalists at the start of the Spanish civil war brought sudden international fame, accompanied by an excess of political rhetoric which led a later generation to question his merits; after the inevitable slump, his reputation has recovered (largely with a shift in interest to the less obvious works). He must now be bracketed with Machado as one of the two greatest poets Spain has produced in the 20th century, and he is certainly Spain's greatest dramatist since the Golden Age.

Reviews

[Douglas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok, I gave this a chance, and I don't always get into poetry, and this collection just did NOT make any sense to me. The Poems were very interestingly descriptive, but not in a manner that I could understand. The 1 play I read was only 2 pages long, and made as little sense as the poetry.