These four one-act comedies offer the bittersweet tales of human encounters painted in hues of love and indifference, disillusionment and hope, desire and rejection. Sensual, humorous, poignant and memorable these plays are a testament to modern love and relationships.

Parting Gestures: With, a Night in the Subway (Estreno Contemporary Spanish Plays Series Vol. 6)

Literature & Fiction

PALOMA PEDRERO

Phyllis Zatlin

Dramas & Plays

Estreno Contemporary Spanish Plays

Two plays are included in this volume: First Star and The Railing. First Star is a riveting drama of discovery and recovery. Estelle, a successful novelist, goes to a seedy bar with the intention of gathering material for her next book. In a smoke-filled bar populated by raudy men playing poker, she bumps into Juan Dominguez, her father's old drinking and gambling buddy. Together they tiptoe through the minefields of a dark past littered with broken promises and unfulfilled dreams. It is a difficult journey that threatens to open old wounds but ultimately heals the soul. The Railing is a tender story of a poor and handicapped elderly couple stranded in their upper floor apartment for many years due to the landlady's refusal to install a handrail on the staircase. Once discovered by the media, their plight becomes a reality T.V. frenzy. This bittersweet social satire uncovers media exploitation but at the same time, recovers priceless human dignity.

First Star & the Railing (Estreno Contemporary Spanish Plays, 19) (Contemporary Spanish Plays Series Vol. 19)

Rick Hite (translator)

Estreno Plays

El Proximo Acto: Teatro Espanol En El Siglo XXI

Michael Thompson

Jerónimo López Mozo

Ignacio Amestroy

Hazel Cazoria

Eileen Doll

Wendy-Llyn Zaza

Beth Escude I Galles

Juan VillegasPhyliss

hillis Zatlin

Estreno

Harira by Ana Diosdado, Ana 3/11 by Paloma Pedrero and Oxygen by Yolanda Dorado were chosen from among the eleven one-act plays that were part of a commemorative event entitled, Eleven Voices Against Savagery, which marked the one-year anniversary of the 3/11/2004 terrorist attack in Madrid, Spain. Translated to English by Karen Leahy and Phyllis Zatlin from the original Spanish texts, these plays offer the perspectives of three generations of contemporary women dramatists on terrorism and its consequences. This collection offers brief introductions to each of the plays and authors, as well as a director's note and production photos.

Staging Terror: Madrid 3/11 (Estreno Contemporary Spanish Plays, 30)

Ana Diosdado

Yolanda Dorado

Phyllis Zatlin (translator)

Karen Leahy (translator)

In the Other Room, written by Spain s most acclaimed contemporary woman playwright, Paloma Pedrero and translated by Iride Lamartina-Lens, is a current story of an undocumented phenomenon still unfolding among today s generation of mothers and daughters as they strive to integrate change into their relationship without forfeiting their unique solidarity and love. It rises out of the depths of feminine experience and insight as it dares to expose some of the darker aspects of the new-age mother/daughter relationship that is threatened by rivalry, narcissism, and unrealistic expectations of one another.

In the Other Room (En la otra habitacion)

Translated by Iride Lamartina-Lens

Estreno Contemporary Spanish Plays, 36

LAS AVENTURAS DE VIELA CALAMARES. (Spanish Edition)

Ana Rossetti

Santillana Educación, S.L.

Juego de noches. Nueve obras en un acto (Letras Hispanicas / Hispanic Writings) (Spanish Edition)

Ediciones Cátedra

Estrella ; Besos de Lobo

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