La Puerta Electra / The Electra Door : A Bilingual Anthology of Cuban Rewritings of Greek Tragedy

This anthology gathers together for the first time, both in Spanish and in new English translation, a carefully chosen selection of prominent adaptations of Greek tragedy by Cuban playwrights from the dawn of the Revolution to the present day.

This anthology gathers together for the first time, both in Spanish and in new English translation, a carefully chosen selection of prominent adaptations of Greek tragedy by Cuban playwrights from the dawn of the Revolution to the present day. Spanning over eight decades (late 1940s-early 2020s), these eight pioneering plays rework ancient Greek myth to address the dilemmas of life in twentieth and twenty-first century Cuba and among the wider Cuban diaspora. Comprising compelling and at times contrasting mixtures of Cuban and Hellenic elements, these adaptations represent a rich tradition of engagement with ancient Greek drama that foregrounds contemporary Cuban social and political realities. Presented in a bilingual format, both in the original Spanish and a facing English translation, this anthology makes these innovative texts accessible to scholars, teachers, and students of multiple disciplines including Classics, Theatre & Performance Studies, and Spanish, Caribbean, & Latin American Studies.