Since 1975 there have been several bills that tried to get a legal framework where the dramatic activity could be inserted. Finally, 26th. March 1982, the Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya (communist) presented to the Parliament a Bill which, 13th. May, was rejected by 62 votes against (Convergencia i Unió, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya and Centristes de Catalunya-UCD) and 54 votes for (PSUC and socialists). Estudis Escenics publishes a dossier about this question made by Jordi Teixidor, well-known playwright who took part directly in the writing of the Bjll. Then we publish wholly the Bill's articulate and a summary of the parliamentary debate, where the spokesman of every political party tells the reasons for his voting for or against. Jordi Teixidor comments on every contribution on the debate and infers that the government of the Generalitat does not want any Law of Drama, but it prefers to rule by decree, and that is a characteristic of the right. A Law of Drama means to have fixed some middle or longterm aims, whereas till now the dramatic policy of the Conselleria has not even been defined and, in oder to control drama, it prefers to play the part of Maecenas.
