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El retablo de las maravillas (1610-1615), Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The Marvellous Puppet Show, translated by Oxford University Playwriting and Dramaturgy Soc.

Productions
Samples

The Marvellous Puppet Show (1996), translated by Dawn Smith

Editions
  • Cervantes, Miguel de. 1996. The Marvellous Puppet Show. In Eight Interludes, trans. and ed. Dawn L. Smith, pp. 99-109. London, Everyman

Scene

A short, one act play, but the action shifts from outside in the street to the location of the Puppet show, which is meant to be at Juan Castrato’s house.

Characters
  • CHANFALLA
  • CHIRINOS
  • RABELIN
  • GOVERNOR
  • BENITO REPOLLO
  • JUAN CASTRATO
  • PEDRO CAPACHO
  • JUANA CASTRATA
  • TERESA REPOLLA
  • BENITO'S NEPHEW
  • QUARTERMASTER
  • TOWNSPEOPLE

Entry written by Kathleen Jeffs. Last updated on 4 October 2010.

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DavidMills wrote 12 Jan 2016, 6:58 p.m.
translation samples Why are samples of Dawn Smith's translation not available?
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