Theatre Theory and Historical Consciousness: “The Juan Villegas Case”

Abstract

In the following article, the main contributions of Juan Villegas to the theory and analysis of  theatre are reviewed, by proposing, first, a specific analytical instrument for drama, and, sec-  ondly, for taking this theory to the cultural sphere, by analysing theatre as a discourse that is  related to ideologies, power, institutions and history. For this, his books  La interpretación de  la obra dramática (1971) and Ideología y discurso crítico sobre el teatro de España y América  Latina (1992) are addressed. This essay concludes with a section on the particularities of trans- culturality, transdisciplinary and translatio.