Description: A concise and readable study into the role of adaptation in the form of musical theatre, drawing on contemporary case studies and analysis of the musical form.
Brief description: Emilio Méndez is associate professor of Theatre Studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He has worked as a director and translator. He has published works on the history of musical theatre in Mexico and Mexican training programmes for theatre. He received the 2015 National University Distinction for Young Academics in the field of Artistic Creation and Cultural Dissemination.