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This edited collection features four plays by María Martínez Sierra, translated by Helen and Harley Granville Barker, along with an introduction by Patricia O'Connor, University of Cinicinnati, that examines Maria's extraordinary life and work and the battle for her authorship to be recognised in both the Spanish speaking and Anglophone world.

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This edited collection features four plays by María Martínez Sierra, translated by Helen and Harley Granville Barker, along with an introduction by Patricia O'Connor, University of Cinicinnati, that examines Maria's extraordinary life and work and the battle for her authorship to be recognised in both the Spanish speaking and Anglophone world.
Autorenporträt
María de la O Lejárraga García (1874 - 1974), usually known as María Martínez Sierra, was a Spanish writer, dramatist, translator and politician. Richard Nelson, a major US playwright, is the recipient of the PEN/Laura Pels Master Playwright Award and an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and is an Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Emeritus Professor Colin Chambers, former RSC Literary Manager, has written extensively on the theatre and, as an editor, is known for The Companion to 20th Century Theatre. Together, they edited Granville Barker on Theatre (Bloomsbury Methuen). Emerita Professor Patricia O'Connor, renowned expert on Maria Martinez Sierra, critic and translator, launched Spanish theatre journal Estreno in 1975 and served as editor for 17 years; books include Gregorio y Maria Martinez Sierra: Cronica De Una Colaboracion (1987) and Mito y realidad de una dramaturga española: María Martínez Sierra (2003)