Five Plays - Penguin Plays & Screenplays Author:Federico Garcia Lorca, James Grahan-Lujan (Translator), Richard L. O'Connell (Translator) Federico Garcia Lorca is undoubtedly the most important Spanish dramatist of this century. His murder during the Spanish Civil War made him a romantic figure in the eyes of the world, but his lasting fame will rest in the sheer poetry of his plays. — The five plays in this volume were written over a period of sixteen years, from 1919 to 1935. The... more »y demonstrate the developing quality of Garcia Lorca's work, while an introduction by Francisco Garcia Lorca, Federico's brother, indicates some of the roots of his creative process.
The five plays in this volume are:
The Billy-Club Puppets
The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife
The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden