The ingenious simpleton : upending imposed ideologies through brief comic theatre

The ingenious simpleton : upending imposed ideologies through brief comic theatre / Delia Méndez Montesinos.

This book analyzes the role of the theatrical simpleton in the pasos of the sixteenth-century playwright Lupe de Rueda, in Mario Moreno's character "Cantinflas," and in the esquirol of the 1960s Actos of the Teatro Campesino during the California farmworker strikes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Méndez-Montesinos, Delia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : University Press of America, 2013. Press of America 2013.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Spanish drama (Comedy) > History and criticism.
Fools and jesters in literature.
Spanish drama > Classical period, 1500-1700 > Themes, motives.
Mexican drama > 20th century > Themes, motives.
American drama > 20th century > Themes, motives.
DRAMA > Continental European.
American drama > Themes, motives
Fools and jesters in literature
Spanish drama > Classical period > Themes, motives
Spanish drama (Comedy)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:This book analyzes the role of the theatrical simpleton in the pasos of the sixteenth-century playwright Lupe de Rueda, in Mario Moreno's character "Cantinflas," and in the esquirol of the 1960s Actos of the Teatro Campesino during the California farmworker strikes.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780761862796
076186279X
1306203066
9781306203067
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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