The Comedia in English: Translation and Performance »

How should a seventeenth-centry Spanish verse play be presented to a contemporary English-speaking audience?

Introduction The Comedia in English: An Overview of Translation and Performance Susan Paun De Garcia De Garcia, Susan Paun Donald R. Larson Larson, Donald R. 1

Translating and Adapting the Comedja

Translating Comedias into English Verse for Modern Audiences Dakin Matthews Matthews, Dakin 37

Translating the Polymetric Comedia for Performance (with Special Reference to Lope de Vega's Sonnets) Victor Dixon Dixon, Victor 54

Lope de Vega in English: The Historicised Imagination David Johnston Johnston, David 66

Found in Translation: Maria de Zayas's Friendship Betrayed and the English-Speaking Stage Catherine Larson Larson, Catherine 83

Transformation and Fluidity in the Translation of Classical Texts for Performance: The Case of Cervantes's Entremeses Dawn L. Smith Smith, Dawn L. 95

Translation as Relocation Ben Gunter Gunter, Ben 108

Directing and Contextualizing the Comedia

Rehearsing Spite for Spite Michael Halberstam Halberstam, Michael 127

Directing Don Juan, The Trickster Of Seville Anne Mcnaughton Mcnaughton, Anne 140

Directing the Comedia: Notes on a Process Isaac Benabu Benabu, Isaac 153

Tirso's Tamar Untamed: A Lesson of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Production Jonathan Thacker Thacker, Jonathan 164

The Loss of Context and the Traps of Gender in Sor Juana's Los empenos de una casa / House of Desires Catherine Boyle Boyle, Catherine 177

Viewing and Reviewing the Comedia

Tirso's Burlador de Sevilla as Play text in English James A. Parr Parr, James A. 189

Anne McNaughton's Don Juan: A Rogue for All Seasons A. Robert Lauer Lauer, A. Robert 202

Aspectual, Performative, and "Foreign" Lope / Shakespeare: Staging Capulets &Montagues and Peribahez in English and Romeo and Juliet in "Sicilian" Susan L. Fischer Fischer, Susan L. 214

Zayas's Comic Sense: The First Performance in English of La traicion en la amistad Sharon D. Voros Voros, Sharon D. 229

Maria de Zayas's Friendship Betrayed a la Hollywood: Translation, Transculturation, and Production Barbara Mujica Mujica, Barbara 240

Works Cited 255

Index 277