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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 ...
Lope de Vega. 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]
Life Is a Dream (Spanish: La vida es sueño [la ˈβiða es ˈsweɲo]) is a Spanish-language play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. First published in 1636, in two different editions, the first in Madrid and a second one in Zaragoza. Don W. Cruickshank and a number of other critics believe that the play can be dated around 1630, thus making ...
The Widow from Valencia. The Widow from Valencia ( Spanish: La viuda valenciana) is a play written by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. It was written circa 1600 as a result of Lope's visit to the city with his new patron, the future Count of Lemos. They were there for the marriage of the King Philip III with Margaret of Austria. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
A common man, Lisardo, and a noblewoman, Belisa, are two young lovers. They first meet after Belisa fainted in order to get away from Octavio; she triggered this fainting spell by ingesting Steel Water. After the water "cured" her, she meets Lisardo and believes it was love at first sight. The issue that arises then, involves Belisa's father ...
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.