Cantón, Wilberto (1925–1979)
Cantón, Wilberto (1925–1979)
Wilberto Cantón (b. 15 July 1925; d. 5 March 1979), Mexican dramatist. Cantón was a prominent, popular playwright who wrote more than two dozen plays. He also was a director, translator, critic, and journalist, holding such posts as head of the theater department of Mexico's National Institute of Fine Arts. He wrote two basic types of plays: those employing historical Mexican settings for dramatic action and those treating contemporary Mexican social problems. Outstanding works include El nocturno a Rosario (1956), Malditos (1958), and Nosotros somos Dios (1963). The theater at the General Society of Mexican Writers in Mexico City is named for him.
See alsoTheater .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Samuel Trifilo, "The Theater of Wilberto Cantón," in Hispania 54, no. 4 (1971): 869-875.
Carl R. Shirley, "A Curriculum Operum of Mexico's Wilberto Cantón," in Latin American Theatre Review 13, no. 2 (1980): 47-56, and "The Metatheatrical World of Wilberto Cantón," in Latin American Theatre Review 23, no. 2 (1990): 43-53.
Additional Bibliography
Vélez, Joseph Francisco. "Entrevista con Wilberto Cantón." Latin American Theatre Review 13 (Fall 1979): 71-75.
Carl R. Shirley