num_pages: 70
description: In This Short Plays by Rosina Conde, Ignacio Flores de la Lama, Juan Carlos Rea, and Hugo Salcedo, trans. Bertha Hernandez, 1-879691-44-2, price $12.50 "Picture Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?--only with the story set in a Tijuana boxing ring." Dr. Robert Hasenfratz, Professor of English and Medieval Studies, The University of Connecticut at Storrs Within the pages of IN THIS CORNER, readers will find how pugilistic intrigue and marital mayhem can make for a knockout assortment of short theatrical pieces. This varied collection presents the work of Rosina Conde, Ignacio Flores de la Lama, Juan Carlos Rea, and Hugo Salcedo, and while each author brings her and his own literary twist to the sordid and unpredictable mysteries of married life, all set the action in a boxing domestic "bliss" meets Madison Square Garden. Whether you have ever been married, divorced, or, for that matter, if you have ever laced up gloves and jumped into that turbulent ring called romance, here is a dramatic treasure trove of compelling, sometimes disturbing, and always entertaining vignettes.
language: English
title: In this corner-- : short plays
titlecomplete: In this corner-- : short plays
ratings_count: 1
publisher: San Diego State University Press