El público
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El público is an experimental and surrealist play by Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and the nature of theater.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental play
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play ⓘ surrealist play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Federico García Lorca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionStatus | partially revised manuscript ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| dramaticTechnique |
breaking the fourth wall
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dream imagery ⓘ play within a play ⓘ symbolic characters ⓘ use of masks ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between public and private self
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relationship between audience and performance ⓘ repression of desire ⓘ subversion of conventional theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental theatre
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surrealist theatre ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Audience
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Boy ⓘ Director ⓘ Enrique NERFINISHED ⓘ Horse ⓘ Julian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | five-act play ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Freudian psychoanalysis
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avant-garde theatre ⓘ symbolist drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Generation of ’27 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
poetic language
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symbolism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
homosexuality
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identity ⓘ masks and hidden selves ⓘ performance and reality ⓘ sexuality ⓘ the nature of theater ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | nonlinear ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early explicit treatment of homosexuality in Spanish theatre
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radical challenge to bourgeois theatre conventions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| posthumous | true ⓘ |
| setting |
a theatre
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underground spaces ⓘ |
| structureCharacteristic |
fragmented
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metatheatrical ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | early 1930s ⓘ |
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