Don Ãlvaro, Or, The Force of Fate
Author: Angel de Saavedra duque de Rivas
Secondary Author: Robert M. Fedorchek
ISBN: 843760057X
Don Alvaro, or the Force of Fate by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas (1791-1865), premiered in 1835 in Madrid and changed the Spanish stage forever after. It was the benchmark Romantic play of early nineteenth-century Spain. In this English edition designed for either classroom use or performance, Robert Fedorchek presents a readable translation faithful to the tone and spirit of the original. Joyce Tolliver enhances the book with a rich introduction highlighting the work's lasting significance. The play tells of the torrid love of the mysterious Don Alvaro and the lovely Dona Leonor, and how fate intervenes - by way of Alvaro's role in the ""accidental"" death of Leonor's father - to bring about the extermination of Leonor's family at the hands of the man who loves her to distraction. Although chronologically not the first Spanish Romantic drama, Don Alvaro is generally considered the true exponent of the freedom of expression that Romanticism brought to the theater. It does away with
Publisher: CUA Press
Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Subjects: Drama / European / Spanish & Portuguese, Drama / Ancient & Classical, Drama / Caribbean & Latin American, Performing Arts / Theater / General
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