El público

play by García Lorca

Also known as: “The Audience”

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El público (The Audience) is a complex and experimental play by Federico García Lorca, written in the early 1930s during his time in Cuba. It is known for its exploration of homosexual passion and its departure from conventional dramatic structures, employing expressionist techniques. Lorca himself described it as "a poem to be hissed". The play remained unproduced until 1978. Lorca is also renowned for his tragedies such as Blood Wedding, Yerma, and The House of Bernarda Alba.12

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In Cuba, Lorca wrote El público (“The Audience”), a complex, multifaceted play, expressionist in technique, that brashly explores the nature of homosexual passion. Lorca deemed the work, which remained unproduced until 1978, “a poem to be hissed.” On his return to Spain, he completed a second play aimed at…
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In Cuba, Lorca wrote El público (“The Audience”), a complex, multifaceted play, expressionist in technique, that brashly explores the nature of homosexual passion. Lorca deemed the work, which remained unproduced until 1978, “a poem to be hissed.” On his return to Spain, he completed a second play aimed at…
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