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The Spanish Civil War is burned into Spain’s collective memory—perhaps their greatest scar, and it has created a permanent effect on their languages, art, literature, and theater. The theater in Spain at the time was used as a vehicle for change, and the contemporary theater that depicts it shows that just as it was used for change then, it is used to encourage change and healing today. In the 1930s, Spain was a country in turmoil. Unrest between the divided…...