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La entretenida (1613-1614), Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The Diversion, translated by John O'Neill

Characters
  • NARRATOR
  • OCAÑA, Footman
  • CRISTINA, Kitchen maid
  • QUIÑONES, Page
  • DON ANTONIO DE ALMENDÁREZ, Suitor to Marcela Osorio*
  • MARCELA DE ALMENDÁREZ, Sister to Don Antonio
  • DON FRANCISCO, Friend to Don Antonio
  • CARDENIO, Student, posing as Don Silvestre de Almendárez
  • TORRENTE, Servant to Cardenio
  • MUÑOZ, Squire to Marcela de Almendárez
  • DOROTEA, Maid to Marcela de Almendárez
  • DON AMBROSIO, Suitor to Marcela Osorio
  • BARBER
  • MUSICIAN
  • LAW OFFICER
  • CONSTABLE
  • DON SILVESTRE DE ALMENDÁREZ, Marcela’s Peruvian cousin, betrothed to her
  • CLAVIJO, Don Silvestre’s companion
  • MESSENGER
  • DON PEDRO OSORIO, Marcela Osorio’s father
  • *Marcela Osorio is central to the action of the play but never actually appears
Cast number
Minimum Maximum
15 (total) 20 (total)
10 males 15 males
5 females 5 females
Productions
Samples

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

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