Musicalized Metatheatre: The Boleroas Intertext in Quíntuplesby Luis Rafael Sánchez

Autor: Piazza, Sarah
Zdroj: Latin American Theatre Review (Project Muse); May 2014, Vol. 47 Issue: 2 p45-61, 17p
Abstrakt: Abstract:The present article analyzes the ways in which the drama Quíntuples(1984) by Puerto Rican playwright Luis Rafael Sánchez uses the boleroas an important intertext. The essay traces the parallels between the boleroas a culturally syncretistic musical genre and Quíntuplesas a fusion of dramatic and narrative elements. The play’s narrative elements include the incorporation of an author figure, monologue, and metaliterary comments. This article examines how spectator and reader involvement in Quíntuplesrelates to the bolerista’s affective communication with the audience. The analysis focuses on the three most ostentatiously melodramatic characters, who reveal connections to the entertainment industry and enact different characteristics of the bolero: Dafne, Mandrake, and Papá Morrison. The article ultimately explores how the characters deconstruct the act of performing, inviting readers to reflect on the nature of theater and the necessary complicity between actor and spectator, writer and reader.
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