Primer Acto Explained

Category:Theater magazine
Frequency:Bi-monthly
Language:Spanish
Country:Spain
Based:Madrid
Founded:1957
Firstdate:April 1957
Website:Primer Acto
Issn:0032-8367
Oclc:825181

Primer Acto is a Spanish bi-monthly theater magazine based in Madrid, Spain. It has been in circulation since April 1957.

History and profile

Primer Acto was established in 1957,[1] and the first issue appeared in April of that year.[2] It was started as a successor to Teatro, which existed from 1952 to 1957.[3] The magazine is published on a bi-monthly basis and covers Latin American and Spanish theatre.[1] José Monleón is the director of the magazine, which is headquartered in Madrid.[1] One of the earlier directors was José Monleon.[4] José Luis Alonso is among the former editors.[3] At the beginning of the 1960s the members of the editorial board included Arnold Wesker and Kenneth Tynan.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Primer Acto. Revistas Culturales. 4 February 2017.
  2. María Teresa García Fernández-Villa. Estudio de Primer Acto, revista especializada en información teatral. 21. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20220321153040/https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/42156/. 21 March 2022. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. PhD. 2017.
  3. Book: John London. Reception and Renewal in Modern Spanish Theatre, 1939-1963. 1997. W. S. Maney & Son Ltd.. 978-0-901286-83-3. 149. London.
  4. Book: Jo Labanyi. Tatjana Pavlović. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. https://books.google.com/books?id=1oxXCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA457. 2015. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-119-17013-6. 457. Ferran Alberich. et. al.. Film clubs, festivals, archives and magazines. Malden, MA; Oxford. Jo Labanyi.