111
Ibid., p. 71.
112
Ibid., p. 75.
113
MARTHA T. HALSEY, «The Dreamer...», p. 285.
114
DONALD BLEZNICK and MARTHA T. HALSEY, «Introduction», ..., p. XV.
115
This statement is qualified by Buero in his acceptance speech to the Royal Spanish Academy in which he makes the distinction between explicit and implicit aspects of tragedy. The explicit aspect is limited to happenings on stage whereas the implicit aspect includes the audience and the author himself and in a broader sense, society as a whole. For example, Unamuno's El otro may be considered hopeless in the explicit sense of tragedy, yet hopeful in the broader implicit sense. The hopelessness witnessed on stage could well be the basis for hope for improvement of society through audience participation and eventual ennoblement.
116
JOSÉ R. MARRA-LÓPEZ, «Conversación con Buero Vallejo sobre el teatro español», Cuadernos, 42, (mayo-junio, 1960), p. 56.
117
ANTONIO BUERO VALLEJO, «La tragedia...», p. 74.
118
Letter from Antonio Buero Vallejo of Sept. 19, 1970.
119
Ibid.
120
Ibid.