“Esta primavera fugitive” de Alberto Conejero (2021). “El príncipe constante” de Calderón de la Barca como el arte de vivir, sobrevivir y revivir.
“Esta primavera fugitive” by Alberto Conejero (2021). “El príncipe constante” by Calderón de la Barca as the Art of Living, Surviving and Reviving

Author(s): Beata Baczyńska
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Spanish theater; Calderón; El príncipe constante; Alberto Conejero; Polish theater; Juliusz Słowacki; Jerzy Grotowski; Rewriting; Autofiction; Metatheater
Summary/Abstract: The article studies a theatrical project presented in Teatro de la Comedia in Madrid by Alberto Conejero, with Susi Sánchez y José Troncoso, based on “El príncipe constante” by Calderón: “Esta primavera fugitive” (“Varaciones sobre” “El príncipe constante” de Calderón de la Barca). The performance was commissioned by Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico and staged on 17th of March 2021. The playwright converged several voices in his personal recast to manifest the strength and universality of “El príncipe constante”. The “mise-en-abyme” effect is stressed by the presence of Alberto in his play, as well as the mention of Jerzy Grotowski, Ryszard Cieślak and Juliusz Słowacki, the author of the Polish version of “The Constant Prince”. Different testimonies confirm the fundamental function of theater as ars vitae.

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