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Roberto Cossa

Personal information
Surname: Cossa
First name: Roberto
Other versions of the name: Tito
Born: 30 November 1934, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography

Roberto Cossa began his work in the theatre as an actor before turning to writing plays. His first play, Nuestra fin de semana, was staged in 1964. Cossa has also worked as a journalist... (Read more...)

Themes

Cossa explores the fundamental middle-class preoccupations for a Porteño family of the time: work and family. He examines the ideology which places great value on the possession of mat... (Read more...)

Style

The indisputable precursor to Cossa’s theatre is that of the grotesco criollo. There are several recognisable tropes which are echoed and expanded upon, most significantly the fusion of... (Read more...)

Plays in the database
Other works
  • Cossa, Roberto. 1964. Nuestro fin de semana (Our Weekend) (in Spanish)

  • Cossa, Roberto. 1966. Los días de Julián Bisbal (Julián Bisbal’s Days) (in Spanish)

  • Cossa, Roberto. 1966. La ñata contra el libro (Nose in a book) (in Spanish)

  • Cossa, Roberto. 1970. El avión negro (Black Plane) (in Spanish)

  • Cossa, Roberto. 1979. No hay que llorar ( No need to Cry) (in Spanish)

  • Cossa, Roberto. 1997 Los años difíciles (The Difficult Years) (in Spanish)

Entry written by Gwendolen Mackeith. Last updated on 15 June 2012.

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