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I just spent ten minutes on hold so that I could tell the manager of a customer service person that I thought he did an amazingly quick and efficient job resolving my issue. The manager sounded really confused, but said the customer service person would receive a spirit card. I have no idea what a spirit card is--my preference would be that it's a postcard with a ghost attached--but I am inordinately pleased that I did a good deed and simultaneously instigated confusion. I will have to do this more often.
Jun. 15th, 2012
New book on theatre in Spain
Jun. 15th, 2012 01:34 pmI thought some people I know might be interested in this new book from Cambridge University Press:
_A History of Theatre in Spain_
edited by David T. Gies and Maria M. Delgado
Synopsis:
Leading theater historians and practitioners map a theatrical history that moves from the religious tropes of Medieval Iberia to the postmodern practices of twenty-first-century Spain. Considering work across the different languages of Spain, from vernacular Latin to Catalan, Galician and Basque, this history
engages with the work of actors and directors, designers and publishers, agents and impresarios, and architects and ensembles, in indicating the ways in which theater has both commented on and intervened in the major debates and issues of the day. Chapters consider paratheatrical activities and popular performance, such as the comedia de magia and flamenco, alongside the works of Spain's major dramatists, from Lope de Vega to Federico García Lorca. Featuring revealing interviews with actress Nuria Espert, director Lluís Pasqual and playwright Juan Mayorga, it positions Spanish theater within a paradigm that recognizes its links and intersections with wider European and Latin American practices.
_A History of Theatre in Spain_
edited by David T. Gies and Maria M. Delgado
Synopsis:
Leading theater historians and practitioners map a theatrical history that moves from the religious tropes of Medieval Iberia to the postmodern practices of twenty-first-century Spain. Considering work across the different languages of Spain, from vernacular Latin to Catalan, Galician and Basque, this history
engages with the work of actors and directors, designers and publishers, agents and impresarios, and architects and ensembles, in indicating the ways in which theater has both commented on and intervened in the major debates and issues of the day. Chapters consider paratheatrical activities and popular performance, such as the comedia de magia and flamenco, alongside the works of Spain's major dramatists, from Lope de Vega to Federico García Lorca. Featuring revealing interviews with actress Nuria Espert, director Lluís Pasqual and playwright Juan Mayorga, it positions Spanish theater within a paradigm that recognizes its links and intersections with wider European and Latin American practices.