by Alejandro Casona · ESPASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423919215
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«La Sirena Varada ; Los Árboles Mueren de Pie» is the theatre volume by Alejandro Casona, published by Espasa in paperback (184 pages, in Spanish).
It brings together two works of Spanish theatre. In «La sirena varada», shipwrecked people are taken in by an eccentric who lives in a lighthouse and believes he is a god. In «Los árboles mueren de pie», a man poses as an old woman's son to bring her joy. Both plays explore illusion, loneliness and the need to believe.
Edition by Carmen Díaz Castañón, with introductory text and reading guide, in the Austral collection.
Common reading in Spanish literature studies and for fans of classical theatre.
Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and later studied at the University of Murcia. After Franco's rise in 1936, he was forced, like many Spanish intellectuals, to leave Spain. He lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina until April 1962, when he definitively returned to Spain.
