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Griselda Gambaro

Personal information
Surname: Gambaro
First name: Griselda
Born: 28 July 1928, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography

Griselda Gambaro was born in Buenos Aires in 1928 into a family of second-generation Italian immigrants. Coming from a background of limited economic means, Gambaro did not receive a fo... (Read more...)

Themes

Gambaro’s theatre is concerned with the abuse of authority in human relationships. Rather than depicting realistic situations her writing evokes the grotesque where characters find the... (Read more...)

Style

Gambaro’s work breaks with realist drama. Her characters often find themselves in an absurd, yet nightmarish predicament and through her inventive black comedy, Gambaro’s audience cons... (Read more...)

Plays in the database
Useful reading and websites
  • Rea Boorman, Joan. 1978. ‘Contemporary Latin American Woman Dramatists’, Rice University Studies, 64.1, 69-80

  • Zandstra, Dianne Marie. 2007. Embodying Resistance: Griselda Gambaro and the Grotesque. Massachusetts, Rosemont Publishing

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

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BenBollig wrote 16 Feb 2011, 1:00 p.m.
GG Very useful to have this selection of her works and information about the dramatist.
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