La Puerta Electra / The Electra Door
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- ISBN 9781032420851
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 11 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This anthology gathers together for the first time, both in Spanish and in new English translation, a carefully chosen selection of prominent adaptations of Greek tragedy by Cuban playwrights from the dawn of the Revolution to the present day.
Spanning over eight decades (late 1940s-early 2020s), these eight pioneering plays rework ancient Greek myth to address the dilemmas of life in twentieth and twenty-first century Cuba and among the wider Cuban diaspora. Comprising compelling and at times contrasting mixtures of Cuban and Hellenic elements, these adaptations represent a rich tradition of engagement with ancient Greek drama that foregrounds contemporary Cuban social and political realities.
Presented in a bilingual format, both in the original Spanish and a facing English translation, this anthology makes these innovative texts accessible to scholars, teachers, and students of multiple disciplines including Classics, Theatre & Performance Studies, and Spanish, Caribbean, & Latin American Studies.
Rosa Andújar is Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She has published widely on Greek tragedy and its global reception.
Yoandy Cabrera is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Classics at Rockford University, where he also serves as Chair of the Department of Languages, Philosophy, Religion, and Cultures. He is the President of the Illinois Classical Conference.
Kate Eaton is a UK-based literary translator, theatre practitioner, and researcher. She has been a member of the Out of the Wings Ibero-American theatre collective since 2016, and has translated a wide variety of plays from Cuba, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, and Spain, amongst other countries, including multiple works by the renowned twentieth-century Cuban playwright Virgilio Piñera.
