Sastre, Alfonso
Alfonso Sastre (älfōn´sō sä´strā), 1926–, Spanish dramatist, essayist, and critic, b. Madrid. Approaching his work from a Marxist and existentialist point of view, he explores the problems of society's needy and rejected and pleads for justice in a world free of violence and hatred. His plays include Escuadra hacia la muerte [death squad] (1953), La mordaza [the gag] (1954), La cornade [death thrust] (1960), and Tragicomedia de la gitana Celestina [tragicomedy of the Gypsy Celestina] (1984).
See biography by F. Anderson (1971); T. A. Bryan, Censorship and Social Conflict in the Spanish Theatre: The Case of Alfonso Sastre (1982); Forys, M., Antonio Buero Vallejo and Alfonso Sastre: An Annotated Bibliography (1988).
More From encyclopedia.com
Ramon De La Cruz , Ramón de la Cruz (rämōn´ dā lä krōōth), 1731–94, Spanish dramatist. He wrote tragedies and adapted French and Italian plays, but he owes his fame to… Garcilaso de la Vega , Garcilaso de la Vega (gärthēlä´sō ŧħā lä vā´gä), 1503?–1536, lyric poet of the Spanish Golden Age, b. Toledo. Garcilaso, the embodiment of the cultur… La Paz (mexico) , La Paz, city and region of Bolivia, located in the western part of the nation; the city is situated some 50 miles southeast of Lake Titicaca. Coverin… Las Palmas , Las Palmas •Lammas • Cadmus • Las Palmas •chiasmus, Erasmus •Nostradamus •famous, ignoramus, Seamus, shamus •Polyphemus, Remus •grimace • Michaelmas… La Serena , La Serena
La Serena, city of 154,521 inhabitants (2002), on the mouth of the Elqui River and on the Pan-American Highway some 265 miles north of Sant… Juan de la Cueva , Juan de la Cueva (hwän dā lä kwā´vä), 1550?–1610?, Spanish dramatist, one of the precursors of Lope de Vega. He spent the years from 1574 to 1577 in…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Sastre, Alfonso