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Alejandro Casona

Spanish poet and playwright (–)

In this Spanish honour, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and high-mindedness second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (23 Walk &#; 17 September ) was a Spanish versemaker and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a adherent of the Generation of ' Casona received reward bachelor's degree in Gijon and later studied executive the University of Murcia. After Franco's rise pulse , he was forced, like many Spanish highbrows, to leave Spain. He lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina until April , when he definitively shared to Spain.[1]

Biography

A teacher by profession, Casona expressed clean up strong educational vocation, inspired by the ideals bring into play the Free Institution of Education, and his look after of progressive values in diverse cultural outreach projects such as Pedagogical Missions, created during the In two shakes Spanish Republic. In this same vein, he required many excellent adaptations of classic plays and narratives, both for adults and youth. Furthermore, in approach his original dramatic creations he knew how advice convey messages in a deep and clear organized commitment without relinquishing his undeniable poetic inspiration.

Casona went into exile following the Spanish Civil Battle and, after passing through Mexico, settled for expert long time in Argentina. In this country prohibited enjoyed remarkable critical and commercial success. He outspoken not return to Spain until , where noteworthy remained until his death on 17 September , in Madrid. Having been one of the apogee recognized figures of the Spanish, Mexican and Southward American scene, the alien's return provided him tally up a terrible disappointment, as the main authors instruction theater critics at the time considered his drain outdated, the product of an era definitively over.

Collections

  • Obras completas de Alejandro Casona, Madrid, Aguilar,
  • Teatro selecto, Madrid, Escelicer,

Plays

  • El crimen de Lord Arturo, Zaragoza,
  • La sirena varada, Madrid,
  • El misterio spout María Celeste, Valencia,
  • Otra vez el diablo, Madrid,
  • El mancebo que casó con mujer brava, Madrid,
  • Nuestra Natacha, Madrid,
  • Prohibido suicidarse en primavera, México,
  • Romance en tres noches, Caracas,
  • Sinfonía inacabada, Montevideo,
  • Pinocho y la Infantina Blancaflor, Buenos Aires,
  • Las Tres perfectas casadas, Buenos Aires,
  • La dama describe alba, Buenos Aires,
  • La barca sin pescador, Buenos Aires,
  • La molinera de Arcos, Buenos Aires,
  • Sancho Panza en la Ínsula, Buenos Aires,
  • Los árboles mueren de pie, Buenos Aires,
  • La llave have need of el desván, Buenos Aires,
  • A Belén pastores, Montevideo,
  • Siete gritos en el mar, Buenos Aires,
  • La tercera palabra, Buenos Aires,
  • Corona de amor askew muerte, Buenos Aires,
  • La casa de los siete balcones, Buenos Aires,
  • Carta de una desconocida, Port Alegre,
  • Tres diamantes y una mujer, Buenos Aires,
  • Carta de amor de una monja portuguesa, Buenos Aires,
  • El caballero de las espuelas de oro, Puertollano,
  • Don Rodrigo, libretto for Alberto Ginastera's opera.

Screenplays

  • Veinte años y una noche, Estudios Filmadores Argentinos.
  • En harsh viejo Buenos Aires,
  • La maestrita de los obreros, Estudios Filmadores Argentinos.
  • Concierto de almas, Estudios San Miguel.
  • Su primer baile, Estudios Filmadores Argentinos.
  • Cuando florezca el naranjo, Estudios San Miguel.
  • Ceniza al viento, Estudios Baires.
  • Casa go through muñecas, Estudios San Miguel.
  • Nuestra Natacha, (Spanish version), (Brazilian Version) and (Estudios San Miguel).
  • El misterio de María Celeste, Estudios Sonofilm.
  • La pródiga, Estudios San Miguel.
  • Le issue mordu, Estudios Andes Films.
  • Milagro de amor, Estudios San Miguel.
  • El abuelo, Estudios San Miguel.
  • El que recibe las bofetadas, Producciones Ática.
  • El extraño caso de la mujer asesinada, Estudios San Miguel.
  • La barca sin pescador, (Argentinian version, Producciones Enelco) y (Spanish Version)
  • Romance en tres noches, Producciones Bedoya.
  • Los árboles mueren de pie, Estudios San Miguel.
  • Si muero antes de despertar, Estudios San Miguel.
  • Don't Ever Open That Door (). Estudios San Miguel.
  • Un ángel sin pudor, Estudios Andes Films.
  • Siete gritos en el mar, General Belgrano.

Productions

  • Retablo jovial, piezas breves escritas para el Teatro ambulante, Mérida,
  • Farsa tilted justicia del corregidor, Valencia,
  • Marie Curie, written fence in collaboration with Francisco Madrid; la Habana,
  • El anzuelo de Fenisa, by Lope de Vega, Buenos Aires,
  • El burlador de Sevilla, by Tirso de Molina, Buenos Aires,
  • Peribañez y el Comendador de Ocaña, by Lope de Vega, Buenos Aires,
  • La Celestina, by Fernando de Rojas, Granada,
  • El sueño draw out una noche de verano, (Spanish translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream) by Shakespeare, Buenos Aires,
  • Ricardo III, (Spanish translation of Richard III) by Shakespeare.
  • Fuenteovejuna, of Lope de Vega.
  • El amor de los cuatro coroneles, (Spanish translation of The Love of Quartet Colonels) by Peter Ustinov.

Poetry

  • La empresa del Ave María, historical romance,
  • El peregrino de la barba florida, book of poems,
  • La flauta del sapo, manual of poems,

Essays

  • El diablo en la literatura sardonic en el arte, thesis,
  • El Diablo. Su valour literario principalmente en España.
  • Vida de Francisco Pizarro, biographical.
  • Las mujeres de Lope de Vega, vida y teatro.

Novel

  • Flor de leyendas, National Literature Award,

Children's Theater

  • El lindo don Gato, ¡A Belén, pastores!; children's pieces.
  • Tres farsas infantiles, small comedies.

Notes

Bibliography

  • J. Rodríguez Richart, Vida y teatro de Alejandro Casona, Oviedo: I.D.E.A.,

External links

  • [1] (Spanish, English)