Antonio Buero-Vallejo

This masterful translation of four tragedies by Antonio Buero-Vallejo (1916-2000), Spain's most important dramatist since the 1930s, will allow English-speaking audiences to experience the most deeply moving and intellectually rich works of one of the twentieth-century's great authors. Readers who know Buero-Vallejo's plays will celebrate O'Connor's sparkling translations. Those who haven't yet read Buero-Vallejo will find a very moving introduction here. Patricia W. O'Connor complements vivid translations with generous supporting materials, including a reader-friendly introduction to the playwright's life and work, commentaries on the plays, and photographs of productions and playwright. Plays include Before Dawn, The Basement Window, Story of a Stairway, and Mission to the Deserted Village (these last two appearing in English for the first time).Buero-Vallejo, Antonio is the author of 'Antonio Buero-Vallejo', published 2008 under ISBN 9780870819025 and ISBN 087081902X.