Federico GarcÍa Lorca: The Poet and His Mission
- Alternative title
- Ian Gibson on Federico GarcÍa Lorca
- Synopsis
- A lecture by Ian Gibson given at Trinity College, Dublin, in April 1998 to mark the centenary of the birth of poet and dramatists Federico García Lorca. Gibson starts with Lorca’s identification with pre-1492 Granada and shows how this led Lorca to reject contemporary Granada, and the fatal consequences of this rejection. Gibson describes Lorca’s attachment to the Vega, the fertile plain outside Granada where he spent his childhood; his abilities as a pianist; his education; his burgeoning socialist sympathies; his dislike of institutionalised religion, his increasing awareness of his homosexuality; his meetings with Manuel de Falla; his early poems; his performing ability; the success of his ‘Gypsy Ballads’; his depresion and flight to New York; his return to spain and involvement in theatre and politics; his plays; his death at the hands of Fascists in a village outside Granada.
- Series
- Shotlist
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Year of production
- 1998
- Notes
- Reviewed by Angela Jackson in ‘Viewfinder’ 34 (11/98), p28.
- Subjects
- Drama; English language and literature; Spanish studies
- Keywords
- drama in Spanish; Lorca, Federico García (1898-1936); poetry; writers - Spanish
Credits
- Producer
- Bernard Adams
- Cast
Martin West
Distribution Formats
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £35.00 - master tape for re-editing and copying: £15O.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 54 minutes
- Year
- 2004
Sponsor
- Name
Educational Broadcasting Services Trust
- support@fenc.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.fenc.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01553 630828
- Address
- c/o fenc
The White House
8 Gayton Road
Ashwicken, Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE32 1LS - Notes
- EBST was set up in 1987, to spread specialist learning through broadcast and new media; it’s roots were in BBC and public service broadcasting. Now EBST Online is part of FENC (www.fenc.org.uk).
Distributor
- Name
Educational Broadcasting Services Trust
- Address
- No longer trading
- Notes
- Educational and training materials with an emphasis on maths, science and skills development, produced in collaboration with consortia of university and college academics and media departments under the auspices of the Educational Services Broadcasting Trust. Series include Maths for Engineers, Shotlist, and the Skillbank vocational skills training programmes. For sale on DVD or via download. Now ebst online is part of FENC. (www.fenc.org.uk). Now possibly part of Blended Learning Consortium.
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