The Camp (1967 play)

Angelique Rockas as Emma In The Camp by Internationalist Theatre London 1981

This article is about William Oliver's English translation of Griselda Gambaro's play El Campo.[1] A full article has not yet been written about the original text.

The Camp is a Latin American play written by Argentinian playwright and prize-winning novelist, Griselda Gambaro. Originally titled El Campo, the play opened in Buenos Aires in 1967 and since then has been translated into Portuguese, English, French, and Italian.[2] It takes place in a modern Argentine Neo-Nazi[3] concentration camp and reflects upon a time when, although World War II had ended, Argentina was still very invested in fascist and militaristic ideals. Often misinterpreted as belonging to the Theatre of the Absurd,[4] The Camp is actually a part of el grotesco criollo,[3] an Argentine theatre genre closely related to black comedy.

  1. ^ Taylor, Diana; Townsend, Sarah J., eds. (2008). Stages of Conflict: A Critical Anthology of Latin American Theater and Performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. pp. 220–222.
  2. ^ Gambaro, Griselda (1971). Oliver, William I. (ed.). Voices of Change in the Spanish American Theater, An Anthology. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-292-70123-3.
  3. ^ a b Pottlitzer, Joanne (January 2004). "Griselda Gámbaro's "Theatre of Violence"". PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art. 26 (1). MIT Press: 103–105. doi:10.1162/152028104772625008. JSTOR 3246449. S2CID 57564931.
  4. ^ Esslin, Martin (May 1960). "The Theatre of the Absurd". The Tulane Drama Review. 4 (4). The MIT Press: 3–15. doi:10.2307/1124873. JSTOR 1124873.