Fernando Arrabal:  THE BODY-BUILDER'S BOOK OF LOVE (Breviario de amor de un halterófilo).
    Translated by Lorenzo Mans.  1999.

This metatheatrical tour de force for two characters, like Arrabal's world-acclaimed The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria, combines surface farce and eroticism with a philosophical discussion of spiritual aspiration, love and death.

• Single set, with two playing areas
  2 men (a mature weightlifter and an androgynous youth)

  World premiere:  Lucernaire Theatre, Paris, 1984.  Dir. Albert Delpy.  Major revival:  Petit Odéon, Paris, 1987.  American premiere:  INTAR, New York, 1990.  Dir. Tom O'Horgan.

  Contact translator:  Lorenzo Mans, INTAR, PO Box 788, New York, NY 10108
  

The Body-Builder's Book of Love. INTAR, New York City, 1990. Directed by Tom O'Horgan.