No. 19 (2020): Curtain Up and a Fresh Start! Women in the Contemporary Spanish Stage

This monograph focuses on contemporary female dramaturgy in Spain, highlighting the writing and performance of authors born between the 1940s and 1990s. It brings together critical analyses of works and careers from different generations, examining the relationship between publication and stage premieres, as well as the visibility of female playwrights in programs, collections, and repositories such as the Laboratorio Rivas Cherif, the Centro Dramático Nacional, and the Teatroteca. It also includes reflections on the consolidation of the female playwright’s role in the twenty-first century, the interaction between veteran and emerging authors, and the need for critical and academic debate to promote the reading, production, and staging of their works, highlighting the aesthetic and ideological richness of contemporary female theatrical creation.