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Over 50 English translations of Lope's plays have been published, all but three of them after 1900. As multiple translations of several plays have been made, this covers only about two dozen Spanish originals. By far, the most frequently translated play is Fuente Ovejuna (The Sheep Well), followed by The Dog in the Manger, The Knight of Olmedo ...
Fuenteovejuna ( Spanish: [ˌfwenteoβeˈxuna]) is a play by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. First published in Madrid in 1619, as part of Docena Parte de las Comedias de Lope de Vega Carpio ( Volume 12 of the Collected plays of Lope de Vega Carpio ), [ 1] the play is believed to have been written between 1612 and 1614. [ 2]
Punishment without Revenge. Punishment without Vengeance ( Castigo sin venganza) is a 1631 tragedy written by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega at the age of 68, centred on adultery and a near-incestuous relationship between step-mother and step-son. [ 1] It is regarded as one of Lope’s supreme achievements. [ 2][ 3]
The Best Mayor, The King ( El mejor alcalde, el rey) is a play by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega, written between 1620 and 1623 according to the dating proposed by Morley and Bruerton. It was published in 1635 in the twenty-first part of de Vega's comedies. The action occurs in the early 12th century Galicia during the reign of Alfonso VII.
The Dog in the Manger or The Gardener's Dog ( Spanish: El Perro del Hortelano [el ˈpero ðel oɾteˈlano]) is a 1618 play by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. Its title refers to the proverb of the dog in the manger – it is an adaptation of a Spanish version of the story which deals with the emotional complications of class conflict. The ...
Madness in Valencia ("Los Locos de Valencia") is a farce from the Spanish Golden Age by Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio.The play is one of Lope de Vega's earliest, dating from between 1590 and 1595 and tells the story of two lovers who, one fleeing from the Spanish army and the other from an oppressive father, feign insanity and seek refuge in the asylum of Valencia.
Lope de Vega. Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (25 November 1562 – 27 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Baroque literature. In the literature of Spain, Lope de Vega is second to Miguel de Cervantes. [ 1] Cervantes said that Lope de Vega was “The Phoenix of ...
E l caballero del milagro, or El arrogante español, is a theater play by Spanish writer Lope de Vega. It was first written around the year 1593, and first published in the year 1621. [1] The original name of the play is El caballero del milagro with the subtitle El arrogante español. Its subtitle later became the name by which the play was ...