Fernando Arrabal en la escena española

Resumen

Fernando Arrabal is one of the most performed playwrights in the world during the 20th century, but less known in his own country. One of the main reasons for this situation was the excessive control exercised by Franco's censorship over his work and his person. Therefore, the aim of this doctoral thesis is to collaborate in the recovery of this author, so important for the evolution of national theater. Likewise, we try to bring him closer to the average spectator of theater today who has hardly any knowledge of him beyond the various controversies in which he has been involved throughout his professional career. To achieve this objective, this work began by contextualizing the author and his work. To this end, it is necessary to set out a theoretical framework on the historical and theatrical situation in Spain between the 1930s and the 1990s. We have then described in detail the biography and characteristics of Arrabal's theatrical production and also developed the key features of censorship and theatrical criticism, with emphasis on the most important newspapers and magazines. In this way, the main point to understand the topic is to have been able to collect the news, reports and reviews published on his theatrical production, which has allowed us to study the reception of his work in Spain. Finally, with all this, analyzed semiotically the stagings of several of his plays that were performed in the country between the 20th and 21st centuries, which have been recorded and are available online. Undoubtedly, this final section is the great innovation of this doctoral thesis, since so far studies that delve into this aspect are scarce, although they are essential to fully understand a theatrical work.