Luisa Josefina Hernández: The Labyrinth of Form (Mexico)

Luisa Josefina Hernández began writing for the theater at the close of World War II. Her early drama was realistic in form and relied heavily for character development upon psychological analysis, which was then capturing the interest of Mexican authors. In time, however, new needs and perceptions required of her new forms of expression. In the ensuing years, she experimented successfully with farce, comedy, tragicomedy, and the theater of commitment. This individual development coincides closely with the evolution of Mexican drama generally, from psychological realism to theater of cruelty and impact drama. So it is that, at one and the