Abstract
Current research on twentieth-century Spanish theater reveals a high number of historical plays, a tendency that has continued during the last five years. Some of the most significant writers currently writing for the stage are actively revising the recent past in their work. In this context, three playwrights stand out —Jose Ramon Fernandez, Yolanda Pallin and Javier G. Yague— thanks to the critical and commercial success of their Las manos (Hands), a play about young people who live in a rural area of Spain during the decade of the 1960s. The study of the play's themes and its reception bring to light the reasons behind this historical recreation and the favorable response accorded it by critics and audiences.
Highlights
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasUn acercamiento al teatro español escrito y representado durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX permite apreciar con claridad la existencia de un elevado número de creaciones de inspiración histórica
Current research on twentieth-century Spanish theater reveals a high number of historical plays, a tendency that has continued during the last five years
Some of the most significant writers currently writing for the stage are actively revising the recent past in their work
Summary
Un acercamiento al teatro español escrito y representado durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX permite apreciar con claridad la existencia de un elevado número de creaciones de inspiración histórica. Como señalaba con anterioridad, el éxito de esta creación no parece haberse debido sólo a este deseo de dilucidar el origen de muchos de los problemas del presente y recordar sus consecuencias para no volver a repetir las mismas situaciones. Podemos terminar afirmando que en el éxito comercial y crítico de esta obra han influido varios factores, desde la opción por el compromiso de volver al pasado para entender el hoy y no repetir unas situaciones en el presente, hasta el deseo de varias generaciones de recuperar unas señas de identidad que creían perdidas y que resurgen con extraordinaria fuerza a través de la recreación de unas costumbres y unos sociolectos específicos o la visión de unos objetos
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