TY - JOUR
T1 - Reading the Opening of a Play
T2 - Tirso's El burlador de Sevilla
AU - Benabu, Isaac
N1 - [Special number dedicated to Tirso de Molina]
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - For the playwright as for the director, the opening of a play contains challenges unsensed by an audience expectant for the beginning of a play. It is the result of careful preparation and aim, and audience involvement in what follows depends on the successful channelling of energies from the start. The opening, therefore, is arguably the most difficult point at which to begin a study of the playtext with the problems of immersion it poses for the reader. This study offers a reading of the opening of Tirso's El burlador, decoding the directions inserted in the playtext, either specifically or by inference.
AB - For the playwright as for the director, the opening of a play contains challenges unsensed by an audience expectant for the beginning of a play. It is the result of careful preparation and aim, and audience involvement in what follows depends on the successful channelling of energies from the start. The opening, therefore, is arguably the most difficult point at which to begin a study of the playtext with the problems of immersion it poses for the reader. This study offers a reading of the opening of Tirso's El burlador, decoding the directions inserted in the playtext, either specifically or by inference.
U2 - 10.1353/boc.1995.0008
DO - 10.1353/boc.1995.0008
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SN - 1944-0928
VL - 47
SP - 191
EP - 200
JO - Bulletin of the Comediantes
JF - Bulletin of the Comediantes
IS - 2
ER -