by Alfonso Sastre · Hiru Argitaletxea · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788487524028
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«Demasiado tarde para Filoctetes» is Alfonso Sastre's tragedy of adventure, published by Hiru Argitaletxea in paperback (154 pages, in Spanish).
Starting from Sophocles' tragedy, Alfonso Sastre recreates the myth of Philoctetes to draw an uncompromising critique of post-Franco Spain. This tragedy of adventure revisits the classical drama from a contemporary perspective and becomes a reflection on the country.
The work, published in 1990, is number 7 in the Teatro Alfonso Sastre collection. With this work, Alfonso Sastre won the Euskadi Prize for Literature in 1990.
A work for readers of contemporary Spanish theatre and for those interested in the updating of classical myths.
Alfonso Sastre was a Spanish playwright, essayist, and critic associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was an outspoken critic of censorship during the reign of General Francisco Franco and the ensuing political regime arising from the 1978 Constitution altogether. His most noteworthy plays include Death Squad (1953), The Gag (1954), Death Thrust (1960), and Tragicomedy of the Gypsy Celestina (1984).
