Interviews with Griselda Gambaro ‘Griselda Gambaro: la etica de la confrontation’ McAleer, Janice K., ‘El campo de Griselda Gambaro: una contradiction de. Foreigners: Three Plays by Griselda Gambaro, ed. and trans. El campo was first performed in October, in Buenos Aires and first published in For full details of Internationalist Theatre`s production of ` THe Camp` see www.

The Camp was written just after a massive military coup in and refers to the dictatorships that ruled Argentina.

Theatre, Texts, and Theories. She also looks through her suitcase and pulls out the only outfit her supposed secretary packed for her: Argentine women writers Argentine dramatists and playwrights Argentine people of Italian descent Illustrious Citizens of Buenos Aires Living people births Guggenheim Fellows Women dramatists and playwrights.

The concert is run by Gestapo officers and the audience is filled with prisoners dressed as though they are in a concentration camp. This page was last edited on 26 Novemberat Emma and Martin are performing duties and, although it is not revealed exactly why they are doing these tasks, Emma does say that “they left us here to work. University of Michigan Press. The act ends on Frank pressuring Martin into saying he also had fun and Emma falling to the floor in a fit of uncontrollable scratching.

Three burly male nurses enter the house with a metal bed and branding instruments. Encyclopedia of Latin American literature. In other projects Wikimedia Commons. Emma and Martin enter his family home and Martin realizes that something has changed. Views Read Edit View history. Frank also makes a remark that there is an odor in the air which means the children are burning the dead dogs again.

Additionally, the character of Frank’s name was originally Franco in Gambaro’s text and is reminiscent of late Spanish dictator Fracisco Franco.

The Stage — via britishnewspaperarchive. Young and attractive Martin shows up at an unidentified corporation and is told by a servant that Frank will soon be joining him to discuss his new occupation.

However, it is later revealed that he is being told to and that this is indeed a corporation led by many people. Her novel Ganarse la muerte was banned by the government because of the obvious political message.

Frank mentions that he takes very good care of Emma and that she is up to grise,da with all of her vaccinations. Time Out — via Internet Archive. Morning Star — via Internet Archive. Views Read Edit View history. Martin says that he wants to leave but Emma insists that he stay to attend her upcoming piano concert.

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Martin is perplexed why his family is not home but just figures they went outside to play. Martin asks him to leave but the official demands that Martin be immunized.

Vogue Mexico — via Archive. Martin has been at the corporation or camp for a while now, and he insists that he go take a walk. She throws flowers at the audience and the concert ends.

The papers that Frank gives Martin to sort through are actually piles of children’s homework assignments. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. University of Pennsylvania Press. The Tulane Drama Review. Neither his younger brothers nor parents are home and the entire place does not feel familiar to him. Frank and Martin discuss the political and social climate of the world while voices of children are heard below the window of the room.

On one hand this play is an outcry and a prescient warning about this the misuse of authority and fearful acquiescence before it and on the other a picture of the exploitation, cruelty and even torture that even partners or siblings can inflict upon each other. Gambaro’s work calls upon the Nazi regime and European ideals of fascism.

Frank takes out a whip and whips campi floor, provoking Emma and triggering upset emotions. Frank then appears in a Gestapo uniform [5] and states that the only reason he is wearing it is because he enjoys it and he is not harming anyone.

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One recurring theme is the desaparecidos and the attempts to recover their bodies and memorialize them. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

British Theatre Guide — via britishtheatreguide. Frank sends Emma outside to grab whatever she’d like from the dead foxes. Often misinterpreted as belonging to the Theatre of the Absurd, [4] The Camp is actually a griseldq of el grotesco criollo[3] an Argentine theatre genre closely related to black comedy.

Frank does ggiselda allow Martin to leave for he wishes him to meet his only friend in the world, Emma.