Un somni de festa modernista: "La santa espina" d’àngel Guimerà [A dream of a Modernist feast: "La santa espina" by Angel Guimerà]

Guimerà’s most important plays were written primarily during the epoch of the Catalan Modernism. Therefore, evident influences of this movement appear to a greater or lesser extent in his theatre works. However, the presence of many such elements in the comedy "La santa espina" (such as nature, fantasy, religiosity, catalanism and nationalism) argues that this play must be classified as representative of Modernism. These typical modernistic features can be found in the plot, in the protagonists, in the mysterious settings the action takes place in, as well as in the music by Enric Morera, a Modernist composer, whose melodies, songs and sardanes count among the most important and emblematic in Catalonia of the beginning of the 20th century.