Angélica Liddell
Spanish writer and theatre director and actress
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| Intro | Spanish writer and theatre director and actress | |
| A.K.A. | Angelica Liddell | |
| A.K.A. | Angelica Liddell | |
| Places | Spain | |
| is | Author Writer Playwright Actor Theatre director Theater professional Film crew member Scenographer Fashion designer Costume designer Performing artist | |
| Work field | Arts Fashion Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature | |
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| Genres: | Dramaturgy | |
| Birth | 1966, Figueres, Spain | |
| Age | 59 years |
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Biography
Angélica Liddell (born Angélica González in 1966) is a Spanish writer, theatre director and actor.
She was born in Figueres, Catalonia, and went on to study psychology and dramatic arts. Liddell began writing plays during the 1980s. In 1993, she founded the theatre company Atra Bilis Teatro.
Her works have been performed in Spain, Germany, Brazil, France and Chile; her work been translated into French, English, Portuguese, German, Polish and Russian. Besides plays for theatre, she writes poetry and prose.
Liddell has been awarded:
- the Casa de América Innovative Playwriting Award in 2003
- second prize for the Lope de Vega Award in 2007
- the Valle-Inclán Award for Theatre in 2008
- the National Dramatic Literature Award in 2012 for La casa de la fuerza
- the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2013
Selected plays
- La falsa suicida (2000)
- Once upon a time in West Asphixia (2002)
- Y cómo no se pudrió Blancanieves (2005)
- Perro muerto en tintorería: los Fuertes (2007)
- Ping Pang Qiu (2013)
- ¿Qué haré yo con esta espada? (2016)
- Esta breve tragedia de la carne (This Brief Tragedy of the Flesh), 2018. Alexander Kasser Theater (New Jersey, NJ)