Rodolfo Usigli
Corona de sombra: pieza antihistórica en tres actos.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1965. Edited by Rex Edward Ballinger. xvi/164 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 8.25", is bound in red cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine and front cover. Small dent appears in upper inside quadrant of front cover. Book is otherwise in fine condition, with solid binding, clean and bright interior.
"This textbook edition of "Corona de Sombra" by Rodolfo Usigli (1905- ) brings to English-speaking students of Spanish language and literature a play by Mexico's outstanding contemporary playwright. The late George Bernard Shaw, after reading the manuscript of the English version in 1954, wrote Usigli with typical Shavian humor, "If you ever need an Irish certificate of vocation as a dramatic poet I will sign it," and he ended his note with a terse comment, "Mexico can starve you; but it cannot deny your genius."
The vocabulary of the play is simple; although somewhat idiomatic at times, it is within the range of the student in his third year of Spanish. For maximum use of the text, this edition contains an introduction, a foreword by the author, notes, and a vocabulary."
Mexican playwright Rodolfo Usigli (1905-1979) was called "the father of Mexican theater" and "playwright of the Mexican Revolution."