• Overview
• Staging information
• Translations
• Sample translations
• Production history

• Pretending Made True translated by Antonia Petro
• Acting is Believing (1986) translated by Michael McGaha
• The Great Pretenders (1992) translated by David Johnston

Pretending Made True, translated by Antonia Petro

Productions

• Pretending Made True (United States, 2008)

Acting is Believing (1986), translated by Michael McGaha

Editions

• Vega, Lope de. 1986. Acting is Believing, translation of Lo fingido verdadero by Michael D. McGaha. San Antonio, Texas, Trinity University Press

The Great Pretenders (1992), translated by David Johnston

Editions

• Vega, Lope de. 1992. Two Plays by Lope de Vega: The Great Pretenders and The Gentleman from Olmedo, trans. David Johnston. Bath, Absolute

Scene

The play is in three acts.

Characters

• MARCUS/GENESIUS/SEVERIUS
• CURIUS/APER/FABRITIUS/ALBINUS
• MAXIMIAN/CELIUS/LELIUS/MARTIUS/JAILER
• DIOCLETIAN/LAELIUS
• CAMILLA/CELIA
• AURELIUS CAESAR/NUMERIANUS/CARINUS/FELISARDUS/OCTAVIUS/SALUSTIAS
• ROSARDA/MARCELLA
• PINABELLA/ANGEL/COSTUMES MAN

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
8 (total)	27 (total)
5 males	7 males
2 females	3 females

Productions

• The Great Pretenders (United Kingdom, 1991)

Samples

• ACT TWO Scene One
• ACT THREE Final Scene

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

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