by Pedro Muñoz Seca · Biblioteca Nueva · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496391079
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«La venganza de Don Mendo» is the play by Pedro Muñoz Seca, published by Biblioteca Nueva in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
A parody of romantic drama and poetic theatre from the early 20th century. The play strips classical and historical theatre themes of their transcendence: honor becomes deceit and infidelity, and idealized love becomes desire and self-interest. Premiered in 1918, it is a gentle mockery that seeks to make the audience laugh.
Edition with introduction, vocabulary and two appendices on textual variants and critical reception, plus a section with keys and guidelines for staging.
A work of interest for readers of classical Spanish theatre and parodic humor.
Pedro Muñoz Seca was a Spanish comic playwright. He was one of the most successful playwrights of his era. He wrote approximately 300 dramatic works, both sainetes and longer plays, often in collaboration with Pedro Pérez Fernández or Enrique García Álvarez. His most ambitious and best known play is La venganza de Don Mendo ; other major works include La barba de Carrillo and Pepe Conde (1920).
