| Madman of La Mancha: A Stage Play of Don Quixote Contributor(s): Wilson, Diana de Armas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1500385492 ISBN-13: 9781500385491 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6" W x 9" (0.53 lbs) 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A stage-play in 16 choice scenes, Madman of La Mancha aims to update Don Quixote for our post-9/11 times. Although often regarded as a "funny book," Cervantes's great novel is interlaced throughout with the Christian-Muslim hostilities that characterized his age (1547-1616). My adaptation shows how Cervantes himself-a captive in Muslim Algiers for five years-chose to make an Arabic historian into the "true author" of Don Quixote. A representative of Christian Spain's most marginalized population, the character of Sidi Hamid Benengeli affords English-speaking audiences a fresh take on the antics of literature's most endearing madman. |
