The work performed followed the three strands of the project:
* Prior to the pandemic, I was able to work in different physical theatre archives (e.g. of the Victoria and Albert and National Theatre). Following their closure, I used online resources (e.g. British Newspaper Archives) and did virtual interviews with practitioners/promoters of Spanish culture in the UK.
* Collaboration with the CT developed in three ways: translation of plays to be performed, consultation work, and, finally, creation of material for the educational website of the company.
* Other pedagogical activities included the delivery of workshops, classes, and extra-curricular activities for undergraduate students; involvement (and mentoring) of postgraduate students; talks for schools; participation as a member of the jury in school and university contests.
Overview of the results and their exploitation and dissemination:
The project’s website (www.estages.uk) constitutes an accessible repository of the research results and outcomes, which include:
o A section of a single-authored monograph (Peter Lang).
o Two articles published/accepted in leading peer-reviewed journals (Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Studies in Theatre and Performance). One article accepted subject to revisions (Cultural Trends).
o One chapter accepted for a peer-reviewed collective volume (Legenda).
o Two translations of plays in Spanish to be published in Antígona and the MHRA New Translations series.
o One database of productions of the plays of Federico García Lorca in the UK (forthcoming).
o Pedagogical materials on Yerma and Federico García Lorca, available at the educational website of the CT.
o Three pieces of journalism: two reviews (European Stages, El ciervo), and an interview and an article on Spanish theatre in the UK for Artescénicas. Magazine of the Spanish Academy of Stage Arts.
The results have also been disseminated through:
o Creation and direction of an extra-curricular Spanish Theatre Club (University of Leeds).
o Teaching on two modules in the School of Cultures, Languages and Societies (University of Leeds).
o Coordination of a 2021 seminar and a 2022 conference (University of Leeds, in collaboration with the international research group Performa and the Instituto Cervantes Leeds-Manchester)
o Events organized as co-director of International Writers at Leeds.
o Academic invited talks at the universities of Oxford, Buenos Aires, and Cantabria, and at the Jornadas de Teatro Clásico of Almería (the later postponed till 2022).
o Participations in conferences (Santiago de Compostela, Rome)
o An online interview with the Argentinian director based in Spain Pablo Messiez (Oxford Argentine Cultural Forum, Sub-Faculty of Spanish of the University of Oxford).
o Talks for schools, the Civil Service Spanish Network (UK government), The 1152 Club (Leeds Museums), and FM Chapel radio.
