José Luis Alonso de Santos, Bajarse al moro [Going Down to Morocco ]

Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Ed. by Duncan Wheeler, University of Leeds, Stuart Green, University of Leeds
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.2.02: Spanish Writing and Culture: Modern and Contemporary, 1700-present.
Vol. editors: Santiago Bertrán (University of Oxford), Isabel Berzal Ayuso (Universidad de Alcala de Henares), Stuart Green (University of Leeds), Alexis Grohmann (University of Edinburgh), Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1983

Places

Spain (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Tragicomedy

Resources

Imagine Pulp’s “Common People” with a touch of Willy Russell in a tale written and set in 1980s Madrid; you’re not far off Bajarse al moro [Going down to Morocco]. The play José Luis Alonso de Santos began writing in 1983 received its stage premiere in 1985, the year that marked the tenth anniversary of the death of General Franco – the unelected insurrectionist who had been in power ever since his victory in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) – and in which the country was courted by the international media who lauded the “new Spain” and its ostensibly successful transition from dictatorship to monarchical democracy. Bajarse al moro both forms part of, and …

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Citation: Wheeler, Duncan . "Bajarse al moro". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 January 2018 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35650, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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