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Disappearing Acts, or the Absent Character in the Plays of Elena Garro
- Latin American Theatre Review
- Center of Latin American Studies, University of Kansas
- Volume 49, Number 1, Fall 2015
- pp. 27-43
- 10.1353/ltr.2016.0004
- Article
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Walter Benjamin’s ideas concerning the incommunicability of experiences suggest that there are events for which those involved cannot find listeners capable of comprehending their experiences. When such moments of incommunicability occur in Elena Garro’s dramatic world, many of her characters simply disappear from the scene. This article examines the dramatic function of disappearance in four of Garro’s plays, illustrating that there is no one way for characters to withdraw.