National Theater of Cuba - History

History

The company Teatro Nacional de Cuba was created for propaganda and arts purposes in the early years of the revolution, 1953, four years before the overthrow of the Battista regime in 1959. The revolutionary "National Theatre" also had a department of folklore with ajournal Actas del folklore. Prior to the new building the old Gran Teatro de La Habana, renamed the Teatro GarcĂ­a Lorca after the completion of the Cuban revolution, 1959, was regarded as the National Theatre of Cuba.

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