Remaking the <I>Comedia</I> (EPDF) von Harley Erdman

Leading Golden Age theatre experts examine the ways thatcomedias have been adapted and reinvented, offering a broad performance history of the genre for scholars and practicioners alike.

Preface
Terms and Concepts: The Adaptation of Classical Texts for the Stage
"Los senderos qu se bifurcan": Adaptation, Appropriation, and the Proliferation of Possibilities
Interpretative Directing Games for the Golden Age Repertory
Re-Make, Re-Mix, Re-Model
Refundación Redux: Revisiting the RewrittenComedia
Pepe Estruch and the Performance of Golden Age Drama: International Relationships under Franco and Democratic Theatrical Cultures
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, and Performing Nationalism: Local, National, and Global Remakes of theComedia
Four Decades of the Chamizal Siglo de Oro Drama Festival and the Evolution ofComedia Performance
Early ModernDramaturgas: A Contemporary Performance History
Adapting Lope de Vega for the English-Speaking Stage
The Dog in the Manger: The Continuum of Transformation
El Caballero de Olmedo: Los Barracos's Baroque Gentleman
Corpus Lorqui: Transformation and Transubstantiation in Los Barracos de Federico'sEl caballero de Olmedo
The Phoenix of Madrid: Calderón'sNo hay burlas con el amor Reborn in Bath
A Prince in Pittsburgh: "Recasting" a Contemporary Staging ofThe Constant Prince
DirectingMarta the Divine: Provocative Choices in the Service of the Story
The Dramaturgy of Absence: Minding the Gaps in Tirso de Molina, Ana Caro, and Feliciana Enríquez
Translations and Transgressions: Twenty-First Century Questions Regarding Zayas
Comedia Actresses, Then and Now: The Case of Ana Caro's Valor, agravio y mujer
"Kinesthetic Empathy" and theComedia Refundición
Porous Boundaries:Novela orComedia?
Lope de Vega and Lenfilm:The Dog in the Manger's Cross-Cultural Journey
Classical Theater and Puppetry: La Máquina Real
Remaking Moreto'sEl Desdén con el desdén: From Author's Text to Director's Text
Lope'sPeribáñez on the Lyric Stage
A MusicalMarta
Appendix: Play Titles Cited
Works Cited