The Public (play)

The Public
The Public
Written by	Federico García Lorca
Characters	Director Enrique; Manservant; Four White Horses; First Man Gonzalo; Second Man; Third Man; Fourth Man; Helen; Vine Leaves; Bells; First Boy; Centurion; Emperor; Juliet; Black Horse; Pierrot Costume; Ballerina Costume; Pyjama Costume; Male Nurse; Naked Man; Five Students; Three Ladies; Second Boy; Two Thieves; Prompter; Idiot Shepherd; Magician; Harlequin; Lady in Black Gonzalo's Mother;
Date premiered	15 February 1978
Place premiered	University of Puerto Rico
Original language	Spanish
Setting	The Director's room, A Roman Ruin

The Public (El público), also known as The Audience, is a play by the twentieth-century Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca.^[2] It was written between 1929 and 1930. The two complete manuscripts which once existed have not been found, and may be lost. All that is known is an earlier draft, missing an act.^[3] It remained unpublished until 1978 and did not receive its first professional theatrical production until 1986.^[4] The world premiere of the play was directed by Victoria Espinosa on 15 February 1978 at the University of Puerto Rico.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Rodríguez Pagán, Juan Antonio (1999), "2, En las comedias imposibles está mi verdadero teatro...", El otro lado de El público de Lorca, London: Isla Negra Editores (San Juan, P.R), pp. 82–83, ISBN 1-881715-47-7
^ Martínez Nadal, Rafael (1974), Lorca's The Public: A Study of his Unfinished Play (El público) and of Love and Death in the Work of Federico García Lorca, London: Calder & Boyars, pp. 70–82, ISBN 0-7145-2752-1
^ Martínez Nadal, Rafael (1974), Lorca's The Public: A Study of his Unfinished Play (El público) and of Love and Death in the Work of Federico García Lorca, London: Calder & Boyars, pp. 70–82, ISBN 0-7145-2752-1
^ García Lorca, Federico; Edwards, Gwynne (1994), "Introduction", Plays: Three, London: Methuen, pp. xxiv, ISBN 0-413-65240-8

[Rodriguez-1] Rodríguez Pagán, Juan Antonio (1999), "2, En las comedias imposibles está mi verdadero teatro...", El otro lado de El público de Lorca, London: Isla Negra Editores (San Juan, P.R), pp. 82–83, ISBN 1-881715-47-7

[martínez_nadal-2] Martínez Nadal, Rafael (1974), Lorca's The Public: A Study of his Unfinished Play (El público) and of Love and Death in the Work of Federico García Lorca, London: Calder & Boyars, pp. 70–82, ISBN 0-7145-2752-1

[3] Martínez Nadal, Rafael (1974), Lorca's The Public: A Study of his Unfinished Play (El público) and of Love and Death in the Work of Federico García Lorca, London: Calder & Boyars, pp. 70–82, ISBN 0-7145-2752-1

[edwards-4] García Lorca, Federico; Edwards, Gwynne (1994), "Introduction", Plays: Three, London: Methuen, pp. xxiv, ISBN 0-413-65240-8

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