Di Martino, G;
(2021)
Luis Alfaro, The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro. 231 Edited by Rosa Andújar. London: Methuen Drama series, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020, pp. 304.
SKENÈ. Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies
, 7
(1)
pp. 231-238.
10.13136/sjtds.v7i1.311.
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Abstract
The much-acclaimed and award-winning Griego (‘Greek’) trilogy of Chicanx and Latinx performance artist, playwright, writer and social activist Luis Alfaro is published for the very first time in an edition by Rosa Andújar (King’s College London) for the Methuen Drama series (Bloomsbury, 2020). Equipped with Andújar’s excellent introduction to Alfaro’s work generally and to each adaptation, plus a production history and interview with Alfaro, this book not only makes the scripts of three very successful plays available for the first time for everyone, but also presents a unique and fascinating way of engaging with the ancient Greek dramas of which Alfaro’s plays are adaptations, something that Andújar repeatedly highlights in the introductions. These adaptations, Andújar comments, are already beginning to “chart a new course for the three most popular Greek figures [Electra, Oedipus, Medea] onto the US stage” (6).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Luis Alfaro, The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro. 231 Edited by Rosa Andújar. London: Methuen Drama series, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020, pp. 304 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.13136/sjtds.v7i1.311 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.13136/sjtds.v7i1.311 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright (c) 2021 Skenè. Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
| Keywords: | Luis Alfaro; Chicanx; Latinx Theatre; North American Urban Theatre; Greek Tragedy; Greek Tragedy Reception; Electra; Oedipus; Medea |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Greek and Latin |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137652 |
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