by Antonio Buero Vallejo · Manchester Univ Pr · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780719045493
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La doble historia del doctor Valmy is a play written in 1964 by Antonio Buero Vallejo, but it was not premiered in Spain until 1976, after Franco's death, due to its controversial political content. The plot focuses on Daniel Barnes, a family man who works in the Political Police of an imaginary country called Surelia. After being ordered to torture a political prisoner, Daniel becomes sexually impotent. After visiting Dr. Valmy, he discovers that his condition is a self-punishment for his actions. His wife, Mary, upon discovering her husband's secrets, tries to persuade him to leave the police, with devastating results. The play focuses on the torturer and the consequences of his actions on his family, marriage, and personal relationships.
Antonio Buero Vallejo was a Spanish playwright associated with the Generation of '36 movement and considered the most important Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Civil War.
