Azar, Héctor (1930–2000)
Azar, Héctor (1930–2000)
Héctor Azar (b. 17 October 1930, d. 11 May 2000), Mexican playwright who founded the Centro de Arte Dramático (CADAC, 1975), a respected theater school. Azar, born in Atlixco, Puebla, studied in the United States under the direction of Max Reinhardt at Actors' Studio. His first plays (both 1958), La Apassionata and El alfarero, depicted social problems from a stylized point of view. Olímpica (1962), his best-known work, and Inmaculada (1963) are poetic dramas that deal mainly with feminine frustration. His collection of short pieces, Juegos de azar (1973), includes a religious mystery play, La seda mágica, and a Renaissance farce, Doña Belarda de Francia. A more traditional drama, Los muros vacíos (1974), contrasts with his later experimental works, such as the farcical trilogy Diálogos de la clase medium (1979–1986) and a poetic drama that pays homage to the Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo, Las alas sin sombra (1980). His critical essays are collected in Funciones teatrales (1982).
See alsoTheater .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
María Del Carmen Millán, "Prólogo," in Los juegos de Azar (1973).
Jacquelin Eyring Bixler, "Zoon Theatrykon: Azar y la búsqueda teatral," Texto crítico, no. 10 (1978): 42-54.
Additional Bibliography
Alvarado, Luis F. "El discurso postmoderno en el texto dramático de Hector Azar." Ph.D. diss., University of Cincinnati, 1995.
Guillermo Schmidhuber