El sueno de la razon is an excellent example of Antonio Buero Vallejo's -posibilismo-, as the Spanish playwright called his strategy for conveying his strong public denouncements while eluding the Franco regime's censorship. Buero Vallejo centers the action in the pathos of Francisco de Goya, an indisputable icon of the Spanish culture; he delves into the painter's mind and daemons, using Goya's art to transform the play into a -total immersion- experience. In this way, he provokes the audience's feelings and leads it to complete the work's message after the curtain's fall. Most of the action...