Contents

       List of Illustrations

       Introduction

             JOSÉ FRANCISCO FERNÁNDEZ

PART ONE. The Plays

       Laura

       Bird of Paradise

PART TWO. Critical Commentary

       The Presence of Theater in the Life of the Novelist

             JOSÉ FRANCISCO FERNÁNDEZ

       Laura: Historical Context

             JOSÉ FRANCISCO FERNÁNDEZ

       Bird of Paradise: Historical Context

             BETSABÉ NAVARRO

       The Plays and Early Novels: Intersections

             ÁNGELA RIVERA IZQUIERDO

       Margaret Drabble and British Drama of the Late 1950s and the 1960s

             GERMÁN ASENSIO PERAL

       Margaret Drabble’s Laura and Television in Britain in the 1960s

             VERÓNICA MEMBRIVE PÉREZ

       Timeline

       Essential Bibliography

       Contributors

       Index