Gabriela Roepke (1920 in Santiago – November 2013) was a Chilean Dramatist and playwright, theater actress, poet, essay writer and professor of theater.[1]
Gabriela Roepke | |
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| Born | 1920 Santiago |
| Died | 2013 (aged 92–93) |
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| Genre | Theatre (psychological drama) |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
Gabriela Roepke studied theater in University of Paris (La Sorbonne) and university of North Carolina. She founded Teatro de Ensayo (the Theatre School of the Catholic University of Chile).[2][3]
in 1966 while Roepke was at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[1]
Roepke's plays are often described as ‘psychological drama’. They are also absurd, fantastic and comedic.[1]
Works
editPlays
edit- 1954. La invitación (The Invitation) (in Spanish)
- 1955. Los culpables (The Guilty), later titled Juegos silenciosos (Silent Games), 1959 (in Spanish)
- 1955. Las santas mujeres (The Holy Women) (in Spanish)
- 1957. Los peligros de la buena literatura (The Dangers of Good Literature). In Apuntes 18 (1961), 24-40 (in Spanish)
- 1958. La telaraña (The web) (in Spanish)[2]
- 1959. Juegos silenciosos (Silent games) (in Spanish)[2]
- 1959. La mariposa blanca (A white butterfly) (in Spanish)[2]
- 1964. El bien fingido (The Feigned Interest) (in Spanish)
- 1965. Un castillo sin fantasmas (A Castle Without Ghosts) (in Spanish)
- 1965. Martes 13 (Tuesday, the 13th) (in Spanish)[1]
Poem
edit- Primeras canciones (First songs) (1944)
- Jardín solo (1947)[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Mackeith, Gwendolen (October 5, 2010). "Gabriela Roepke". Out of the Wings. Archived from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Gabriela Roepke (1920-2013)". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ Kennedy, Dennis, ed. (2003). "Roepke, Gabriela". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198601746.
Further reading
edit- Bello, Andrés. 1982. El teatro chileno de mediados del siglo XX, pp. 163–72. Santiago, Andrés Bello (in Spanish)
- Ehrmann, Hans. 1970. ‘Theatre in Chile: A Middle-Class Conundrum’, Drama Review, 77 – 86
- Knapp Jones, Willis. 1961. ‘Chile’s Dramatic Renaissance’. Hispania, 44.1, 89 - 94