Federico Garcia Lorca:

The theater is a school of tears and laughter, and a free forum where man can question old or erroneous norms and explain with living examples the eternal laws of the heart and the feelings of man.

— Federico Garcia Lorca Modern

Spanish poet and playwright

Context

Speech 'The Little Theater of the Grenadine Baroque'

Date / Period

1935

Source

https://www.cervantes.es/en/about_us/cervantes_magazines/magazine_01.htm

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