Barcelona's theater has experienced a remarkable renaissance in the years since the end of the Franco dictatorship. Soon the Catalan language, suppressed for more than three decades, became a vehicle of expression for new playwrights who challenged performance groups. This collection represents outstanding Catalan playwrights from three generations.

"Fleeting," a disturbing "tragedy within a play," and "Stages," with its monolithic recall of a dead actress, rank among Josep Benet i Jornet's most important works. They provide an introduction to a playwright whose experiments in dramatic form and treatment of provocative themes have made him a major figure in contemporary European theater.