La Puerta Electra / The Electra Door

This anthology gathers together for the first time, both in Spanish and in new English translation, a carefully chosen selection of prominent adaptations of Greek tragedy by Cuban playwrights from the dawn of the Revolution to the present day.

Spanning over eight decades (late 1940s-early 2020s), these eight pioneering plays rework ancient Greek myth to address the dilemmas of life in twentieth and twenty-first century Cuba and among the wider Cuban diaspora. Comprising compelling and at times contrasting mixtures of Cuban and Hellenic elements, these adaptations represent a rich tradition of engagement with ancient Greek drama that foregrounds contemporary Cuban social and political realities.

Presented in a bilingual format, both in the original Spanish and a facing English translation, this anthology makes these innovative texts accessible to scholars, teachers, and students of multiple disciplines including Classics, Theatre & Performance Studies, and Spanish, Caribbean, & Latin American Studies.