dramaturgy
Spanish Civil War:
RED: Nationalist control
BLUE: Republican control
The Spanish civil war broke out between the Spanish republican party and the Spanish nationalist party on July 18, 1936 and lasted till April 1, 1939. The nationalist party (Fascists) were anti communism and were led by Francisco Franco. The republican party was in control before the war and believed in democracy, they were led by Manuel Azana. The outcome was nationalist victory and the death of many of the republican troops. The war raged over all of spain and the war was sometimes called the “Dress Rehearsal” for WWII as countries like Russia and Nazi Germany supported sides.
Andalucia:
A location in the south of spain, during the spanish civil war Andalucia was republican but fell to the nationalist party during the war. It was a huge loss for the republicans. On the other hands it was a great moral victory for the nationalist party. The republican presence in Andalucia was poor they had little support and very few troops. Also they did not have any AA or Flak cannons therefore letting the nationalist air force run rampant in the area, bombing civilians and military alike.
Lorca’s life and death:
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca, was most known as Federico García Lorca. He was born on June 5th 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros, a small town a few miles west of Granada, southern Spain. In 1909, when the he was 11, his family moved to the city of Granada. In 1915, after graduating from secondary school, García Lorca attended Sacred Heart University, during this time his studies included law, literature and composition. Throughout his adolescence he felt a deeper enjoyment for theatre and music than literature, training fully as a classical pianist. The first artistic inspirations arose from Debussy, Chopin and Beethoven. At the Residencia de estudiantes in Madrid, García Lorca befriended Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí and many other creative artists who were, or would become, influential across Spain. Befriending those people has a huge impact on him and created who he was and what he did. Over the next few years García Lorca became increasingly involved in Spain's avant-garde. He published poetry collections including Canciones (Songs) and Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Ballads, 1928), which became his best known book of poetry. Then with the poems he also got involved with the drama playwriting. He wrote his first play in 1926. After the plays García Lorca became passionately involved with Dalí. The friendship with Lorca had a strong element of mutual passion, but Dalí rejected the erotic advances of the poet. With the success of "Gypsy Ballads", came an estrangement from Dalí and the breakdown of a love affair with sculptor Emilio Soriano Aladrén. These brought on an increasing depression, a situation exacerbated by his anguish over his homosexuality. He felt he was trapped between the persona of the successful author, which he was forced to maintain in public, and the tortured, authentic self, which he could only acknowledge in private. García Lorca's return to Spain in 1930 coincided with the fall of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera and the re-establishment of the Spanish Republic. García Lorca left Madrid for his family home in Granada only three days before the Spanish Civil War broke out to make sure he was with his family. But then on August 18, his brother-in-law, Manuel Fernández-Montesinos, the leftist mayor of Granada, was shot. Lorca was arrested that same afternoon for suspected of the killing. But later García Lorca was found dead from the thought that he was shot and killed by Nationalist militia on August 19 1936. It was thought of an assassination on Garcia for multiple reasons but there is no real reason we know of why he died.
RED: Nationalist control
BLUE: Republican control
The Spanish civil war broke out between the Spanish republican party and the Spanish nationalist party on July 18, 1936 and lasted till April 1, 1939. The nationalist party (Fascists) were anti communism and were led by Francisco Franco. The republican party was in control before the war and believed in democracy, they were led by Manuel Azana. The outcome was nationalist victory and the death of many of the republican troops. The war raged over all of spain and the war was sometimes called the “Dress Rehearsal” for WWII as countries like Russia and Nazi Germany supported sides.
Andalucia:
A location in the south of spain, during the spanish civil war Andalucia was republican but fell to the nationalist party during the war. It was a huge loss for the republicans. On the other hands it was a great moral victory for the nationalist party. The republican presence in Andalucia was poor they had little support and very few troops. Also they did not have any AA or Flak cannons therefore letting the nationalist air force run rampant in the area, bombing civilians and military alike.
Lorca’s life and death:
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca, was most known as Federico García Lorca. He was born on June 5th 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros, a small town a few miles west of Granada, southern Spain. In 1909, when the he was 11, his family moved to the city of Granada. In 1915, after graduating from secondary school, García Lorca attended Sacred Heart University, during this time his studies included law, literature and composition. Throughout his adolescence he felt a deeper enjoyment for theatre and music than literature, training fully as a classical pianist. The first artistic inspirations arose from Debussy, Chopin and Beethoven. At the Residencia de estudiantes in Madrid, García Lorca befriended Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí and many other creative artists who were, or would become, influential across Spain. Befriending those people has a huge impact on him and created who he was and what he did. Over the next few years García Lorca became increasingly involved in Spain's avant-garde. He published poetry collections including Canciones (Songs) and Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Ballads, 1928), which became his best known book of poetry. Then with the poems he also got involved with the drama playwriting. He wrote his first play in 1926. After the plays García Lorca became passionately involved with Dalí. The friendship with Lorca had a strong element of mutual passion, but Dalí rejected the erotic advances of the poet. With the success of "Gypsy Ballads", came an estrangement from Dalí and the breakdown of a love affair with sculptor Emilio Soriano Aladrén. These brought on an increasing depression, a situation exacerbated by his anguish over his homosexuality. He felt he was trapped between the persona of the successful author, which he was forced to maintain in public, and the tortured, authentic self, which he could only acknowledge in private. García Lorca's return to Spain in 1930 coincided with the fall of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera and the re-establishment of the Spanish Republic. García Lorca left Madrid for his family home in Granada only three days before the Spanish Civil War broke out to make sure he was with his family. But then on August 18, his brother-in-law, Manuel Fernández-Montesinos, the leftist mayor of Granada, was shot. Lorca was arrested that same afternoon for suspected of the killing. But later García Lorca was found dead from the thought that he was shot and killed by Nationalist militia on August 19 1936. It was thought of an assassination on Garcia for multiple reasons but there is no real reason we know of why he died.