Mundo Imprenteros. Biodrama, intermediality, and printwork in the play, book, and film Imprenteros by Lorena Vega y Hnos

Journal article

Lorena Vega’s play Imprenteros was initially scheduled for four performances but has now run to over 500 shows, a mark of its remarkable resonance with audiences, either side of the COVID19 pandemic. Three approaches have dominated its critical reception: intermediality, biodrama, and postdramatic theatre. This article assesses the viability of such readings within the wider context of contemporary Argentine theatre and against the backdrop of the printing industry which it, in part, depicts, while offering readings of the subsequent remediations of the work in book and film form, in an attempt to understand the critical and popular success of the work. Imprenteros offers, it shall be argued, an exploration of labour, materiality, and alienation (in multiple senses), in which the various elements constitute an artistic or cultural constellation.

Authors: Bollig, B

• Publication status: Accepted
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association
• Journal: Modern Language Review
• Acceptance date: 2026-01-28
• EISSN: 2222-4319
• ISSN: 0026-7937
• Language: English
• Keywords: postdramatic theatre; Lorena Vega; Imprenteros; intermediality; biodrama