The camp : annihilation of body and soul

Abstract EN

For more than five decades, the Argentine dramatist Griselda Gambaro is a master at artistically demonstrating the social and political climate of her country.

to criticize the abuse of authority and the consequent alienation of the individual.

Gambaro's simple message in all her plays, which is directed to the characters, the audience, her follow citizens in Argentina and the world is" to use the power, to see and not say (Yes), but to know, act and change.

Though Gambaro began her career as a narrative writer, but she has become one of the most famous playwright in Latin America due to her political plays that awaken the national and international concern.

For nearly half a century, Gambaro has been writing allegorical plays as well as novels that dedicated with the subjugation, complicity, and the violence of Argentine authority especially of the military junta during the Dirty War between 1976 to 1983 and their overwhelming effects on the moral framework of society.

The Camp is one of Gambaro's famous plays of 1960s that played a vital role in her international success.

This play is written and staged in 1967 .