Antonio Buero Vallejo Summary

In the following essay, Pennington focuses on the character of Mary to show that Buero Vallejo's La doble historia del doctor Valmy indicts patriarchal society in addition to political torture.... Read more

In the following essay, Halsey discusses Buero Vallejo's techniques for exposing the human condition in his La Fundación and other plays. From En la ardiente oscuridad (1950) to La Funda... Read more

In the following essay, Pennington analyzes Buero Vallejo's use of art and music in Diálogo secreto, and asserts, “The art and music interpolated into the imagery of the drama bet... Read more

In the following review, Compitello praises the English versions of Buero Vallejo's Las meninas and Hoy es fiesta. As Hispanists we tend to take for granted Antonio Buero Vallejo's right... Read more

In the following review, Thompson lauds Johnson's critical guide to Buero Vallejo's El concierto de San Ovidio and his translation of the dramatist's La detonación. The mos... Read more

In the following essay, Aggor uses a psychoanalytical approach to deconstruct El padre's madness in Buero Vallejo's El tragaluz. Un estudio riguroso de la locura en El tragaluz de Antoni... Read more

In the following essay, Thompson compares the stage production of Buero Vallejo's Un soñador para un pueblo to its film adaptation Esquilache. Film has always been an intertextually prom... Read more

In the following essay, Halsey traces Buero Vallejo's use of music in Lázaro en el laberinto and Música cercana. Aesthetic beauty provides hints about inner meanings that discursi... Read more

In the following essay, Halsey lauds Barry Jordan's analysis of Buero Vallejo's La doble historia del Doctor Valmy. Jordan's edition [of Buero Vallejo's La doble historia d... Read more

In the following essay, Lott defines Buero Vallejo's term “functional flexibility” in relation to his work and attempts to classify the playwright's dramatic oeuvre. Antoni... Read more

In the following essay, Giuliano discusses how Buero Vallejo's male and female characters exemplify the underlying thematic concerns of his plays. The underlying theme of Buero Vallejo's... Read more

In the following essay, Giuliano traces the critical reaction to Buero Vallejo's career and attempts to revive the dramatist's reputation. Today's heroes are sometimes tomorrow&#x... Read more

In the following essay, Moore examines the portrayal of mistresses and wives in several Buero Vallejo plays. Anyone acquainted with Antonio Buero Vallejo as man or dramatist knows that he is a highly ... Read more

In the following essay, Rogers finds parallels between the female protagonists of La tejedora de sueños and Antonio Gala's Anillos para una dama, asserting that both women “experi... Read more

In the following essay, Anderson considers Buero Vallejo's ideas about tragedy and applies them to En la ardiente oscuridad. En la ardiente oscuridad first reached the stage in 1950, though it ... Read more

In the following essay, Casa analyzes the sociopolitical significance of El tragaluz, contending that it was the first Spanish play to explore the moral consequences of the Spanish Civil War. Buero Va... Read more

In the following essay, Friis offers a stylistic and thematic analysis of El Tragaluz, focusing on Buero Vallejo's use of mimesis in the play. The Platonic conception of mimesis as the depictio... Read more

In the following essay, Pennington provides an interpretation of La doble historia del Doctor Valmy from a feminist perspective, perceiving the play as a scathing indictment of a repressive patriarchy... Read more

In the following review, Holden provides a mixed assessment of the 1989 New York City production of The Foundation. In the opening scene of Antonio Buero-Vallejo's play The Foundation, Thomas (... Read more

In the following review, McKay praises Buero Vallejo's La doble historia del doctor Valmy and recommends it as part of an undergraduate curriculum. Buero Vallejo's nineteenth performed w... Read more

In the following essay, Macklin traces how the private and political intersect to create the tragedy in Buero Vallejo's Jueces en la noche. Jueces en la noche (1979)1 may not be one of Buero Va... Read more

In the following essay, Gabriele studies the protagonists from Buero Vallejo's El concierto de San Ovidio, La Fundación, and Diálogo secreto and concludes, “Exploring his p... Read more

In the following review, Aggor praises Michael Thompson's translation of Buero Vallejo's Un soñador para un pueblo. Any serious project undertaken to advance accessibility to and ... Read more

In the following essay, Ridley presents three representations of the character Leocadia in Buero Vallejo's El sueño de la razón. As the character who holds the key to Francisco de... Read more

In the following essay, Pennington focuses on the character of Mary to show that Buero Vallejo's La doble historia del doctor Valmy indicts patriarchal society in addition to political torture.... Read more

In the following essay, Halsey discusses Buero Vallejo's techniques for exposing the human condition in his La Fundación and other plays. From En la ardiente oscuridad (1950) to La Funda... Read more

In the following essay, Pennington analyzes Buero Vallejo's use of art and music in Diálogo secreto, and asserts, “The art and music interpolated into the imagery of the drama bet... Read more

In the following review, Compitello praises the English versions of Buero Vallejo's Las meninas and Hoy es fiesta. As Hispanists we tend to take for granted Antonio Buero Vallejo's right... Read more