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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Miguel Mihura is a successful playwright of the contem-
porary Spanish theater. He has written twenty-two plays,
three of them in collaboration. His plays have been trans-
lated into English, French, Flemish, German, Portuguese,
Czech, and Dutch, and have been presented in the United
States, Mexico, and most of the countries of Western Europe.
Some have been made into motion pictures or given on televi-
sion.
Mihura has also written articles and stories, a novel,
and a number of film plays and dialog adaptations.
One of his plays is a serious drama; the rest are com-
edies of various types. Two or three are avant-garde, some
are suspense comedy-dramas, some have social themes, and at
least one is a murder mystery-comedy.
Mihura*s wit, his sense of the ridiculous, his knowl-
edge of human nature, and his amazing craftsmanship in
creating compassion and suspense seem to indicate that his
works will find a permanent place in world literature.
This thesis will give a brief biography of Mihura, sum-
marize and discuss his more important plays, comment on the
less important ones, and point out recurrent patterns and
themes, with the hope that the general public as well as
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Streit, George H. The Plays of Miguel Mihura, thesis, August 1969; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131177/m1/4/?q=music: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .