LA OBRA TEATRAL DE PIÑERA DESDE LA ÓPTICA DE PIRANDELLO: PROCEDIMIENTOS METADRAMÁTICOS Y PERSONAJES AUTOCONSCIENTES

The theater of Virgilio Piñera connect with Luigi Pirandello in the interest granted to metradramátics procedures and characters aware of their nature. Playfulness acquires importance in theatrical representations of the characters themselves, ceremonies, changes in roles and literary and historical allusions. These aspects, which joins the immobility of the characters, are studied in seven creations of Piñera: Electro Garrigó (1941), Jesús (1948), Falsa alarma (1948), Aire frío (1959), El no (1965), Dos viejos pánicos (1967) y Una caja de zapatos vacía (1968).