Automobile Graveyard

work by Arrabal

Also known as: “Le Cimetière des voitures”

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Automobile Graveyard is a play by Fernando Arrabal, a Spanish-born French absurdist writer known for his violent and cruel works. The play, first performed in 1966, is described as a parody of the Christ story. Arrabal's characters are often childlike but morally ambiguous, embodying roles such as prostitutes, murderers, and torturers. The term "graveyard" itself can refer to a cemetery or, more figuratively, to something resembling one, such as an automobile graveyard. Arrabal's work often explores themes of war, oppression, and freedom.12

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Fernando Arrabal
1966; Automobile Graveyard), a parody of the Christ story. The characters in his plays are frequently childlike but seldom innocent; they are prostitutes, murderers, and torturers.
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1966; Automobile Graveyard), a parody of the Christ story. The characters in his plays are frequently childlike but seldom innocent; they are prostitutes, murderers, and torturers.
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