Rodolfo Usigli

Rodolfo Usigli (born November 17, 1905 - died June 1979) was a Mexican playwright. He was called the "playwright of the Mexican Revolution."

Usigli born to an Italian father and a Polish mother in Mexico City. He studied drama at Yale from 1935-1936 on a Rockefeller scholarship, later becoming a professor and diplomat. During the 1930s, he directed radio dramas.

His 1938 play "El gesticulador" was perhaps the only play ever to be censored by the Mexican government for political reasons.

The award-winning Usigli believed the objective of theatre was to tell the truth about society. He was known for his strong representation of women in plays.

Usigli designed strong female characters in several of his plays. Two of Usigli's protégées, Rosario Castellanos and Luisa Josefina Hernández, became important female voices on the Mexican stage.

External links

* [http://usigli.lib.muohio.edu/ Rodolfo Usigli website at Miami University of Ohio]