Five Plays: Comedies and Tragicomedies

by Federico García Lorca

Book Overview

Federico Garc?a Lorca's position as one of the few geniuses of the modern theatre was firmly established in the English-speaking world with his Three Tragedies. Here, with an introduction by the dramatist's brother, Francisco Garc?a Lorca, are five of his "comedies," in the authorized translations, extensively revised to reflect recent Lorca scholarship and to convey the sparkle, freshness, and magic of the original Spanish. The Shoemaker's Prodigious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811200906
• ISBN13: 9780811200905
• Release Date: January 1963
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

"Death disguises itself as Love."

Lorca's plays are as interesting as Lorca himself is. This is the only publication that I could find containing "The Butterfly's Evil Spell." I have seen two versions of the play and can not wait for another. However just reading this play will being images of life its self to you and you can visualize what it would be like as a beetle-poet in love with a butterfly. You will find yourself quoting many lines. Lorca: A Dream of Life