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Alonso Alegría

Personal information
Surname: Alegría
First name: Alonso
Born: 1940, Santiago, Chile
Biography

Alonso Alegría was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1940. He moved to Lima as a child, where he went to school. While studying architecture at the Universidad Católica in Lima, Alegría start... (Read more...)

Themes

A theme which pervades Alonso Alegría’s work is the exposure of some deception of man by the social system in which he is living. This results in a struggle as his characters strive fo... (Read more...)

Style

Overall, Alonso Alegría can be identified as a playwright who deals in naturalism and his plays have a strong narrative drive which leads us towards a conventional notion of ending. Al... (Read more...)

Plays in the database
Other works
  • Alegría, Alonso. 1965. Remegio al huaquero (The Buried Palace) (in Spanish)

  • Alegría, Alonso. 1981. El color de Chambelén (The Colour of Chamberlain) (in Spanish)

  • Alegría, Alonso. 1982. Daniela Frank

Useful reading and websites
  • Luchting, Wolfgang A. 1978. ‘Proliferation’, Latin American Theatre Review, 11, 2, 69-80

  • Luchting, Wolfgang A. 1981. ‘Getting Better: Perú, Latin American Theatre Review, 14, 2, 89-90

  • Luchting, Wolfgang. A. 1982. ‘The Usual and Some Better Shows: Peruvian Theatre in 1981’, Latin American Theatre Review, 15, 2, 59–63

  • Morris, Robert J. 1976. ‘Alonso Alegría: Dramatist and Theatrical Activist’, Latin American Theatre Review, 9, 49–55

  • Morris, Robert J. 1984. ‘Alonso Alegría Since The Crossing’, Latin American Theatre Review, 17, 25–9

  • Podestá, Bruno A. 1973. ‘Teatro Nacional Popular: Un teatro popular o la popularización del teatro?’, Latin American Theatre Review, 7,1, 33-41

Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 5 October 2010.

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