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

• Bohemian Lights translated by David Johnston
• Bohemian Lights (1997) translated by Maria Delgado
• Lights of Bohemia (1993) translated by John Lyon
• Lights of Bohemia. Esperpento (1967) translated by Anthony Zahareas , Gerald Gillespie

Bohemian Lights, translated by David Johnston

Productions

• Bohemian Lights (United Kingdom, 1993)

Further information

This translation relocated the action to Dublin.

Bohemian Lights (1997), translated by Maria Delgado

Editions

• Valle-Inclán, Ramón María del. 1997. Three Plays: Divine Words, Bohemian Lights, Silver Face, trans. Maria Delgado. London, Methuen

Characters

• MAX ESTRELLA
• MADAME COLLET, Max’s wife
• CLAUDINITA, Max’s daughter
• DON LATINO OF HISPALIS
• ZARATHUSTRA
• DON GAY
• A YOUNG BOY WITH A CREW CUT
• THE CONCIERGE’S LITTLE GIRL
• TIGHT ARSE (VERANCIO)
• A YOUNG BARMAN (CRISPÍN)
• ENRIQUETA THE STREET WALKER
• THE KING OF PORTUGUESE PIMPS (GORITO)
• A DRUNKARD (ZACARÍAS)
• CAPTAIN PITITO
• A NIGHT WATCHMAN
• THE VOICE OF A NEIGHBOUR
• TWO POLICEMEN
• SLICK-BACK SERAFÍN
• A JAILER
• A PRISONER
• THE PORTER OF A NEWSPAPER OFFICE
• DON FILIBERTO, Editor
• THE HOME SECRETARY (PACO)
• DIEGUITO, His Secretary
• A SECURITY ATTENDANT (FERNÁNDEZ)
• AN OLD HEAVILY MADE UP TART
• THE MOLE
• AN UNKNOWN YOUNG MAN
• THE MOTHER OF THE DEAD CHILD (ROMAULDA)
• THE PAWNBROKER
• THE POLICEMAN
• THE CONCIERGE
• A BRICKLAYER
• AN OLD WOMAN
• THE RAGWOMAN
• THE RETIRED OFFICER
• LOCAL INHABITANTS
• SEÑORA FLORA THE CONCIERGE
• CUCA THE NEIGHBOUR
• BASILIO SOULINAKE
• A FUNERAL SERVICE COACHMAN
• TWO GRAVEDIGGERS
• RUBÉN DARÍO
• THE MARQUIS OF BRADOMÍN
• PAY PAY THE POSER
• PACONA
• CROWDS
• POLICE
• DOGS
• CATS
• A PARROT

The Young Modernists

• DORIO DE GADEX
• RAFAEL DE LOS VÉLEZ
• LUCIO VERO
• MÍNGUEZ
• GÁLVEZ
• CARLINITO
• PÉREZ

Productions

• Bohemian Lights (United Kingdom, 1992)

Samples

• SCENE THREE
• SCENE FOUR
• SCENE SIX
• SCENE THIRTEEN
• SCENE FIFTEEN

Lights of Bohemia (1993), translated by John Lyon

Editions

• Valle-Inclán, Ramón del. 1993. Lights of Bohemia, trans. John Lyon. Warminster, Wiltshire, Arts & Philips

Lights of Bohemia. Esperpento (1967), translated by Anthony Zahareas , Gerald Gillespie

Editions

• Valle-Inclán, Ramón del. 1967. Lights of Bohemia: Esperpento, trans. Gerald Gillespie and Anthony N. Zahareas, The Kenyon Review, 29.5, 609-61

Scene

This translation omits scenes 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 14. The dialogue in these scenes is replaced by a brief summary of what takes place in each.

Characters

• MAX ESTRELLA
• HIS WIFE MADAME COLLET
• HIS DAUGHTER CLAUDINITA
• DON LATINO DE HISPANIA
• PIKE-LIZARD
• THE CAFE BOY
• HENRIETTE WELL-TROD
• A DRUNK
• THE MODERNISTS: DORIO DE GADEX, RAFAEL DE LOS VELEZ, LUClO VERO, MINGUEZ, GALVEZ, LITTLE CLARINET PEREZ PITITO (LITTLE WINDPIPE), CAPTAIN OF MUNICIPAL CAVALRY
• A NIGHT GUARD
• THE VOICE OF A NEIGHBOUR
• TWO GUARDS
• A PRISONER
• HIS EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER
• DIEGUITO GARCIA, SECRETARY OF HIS EXCELLENCY
• A DOORMAN
• AN OLD HAG and LUNARES, STREETWALKERS
• THE MOTHER, HOLDING HER DEAD CHILD
• THE PAWNBROKER
• SALOONKEEPER
• A POLICEMAN
• A MASON
• AN OLD WOMAN
• A RAGPICKER
• A RETIRED OFFICER
• A NIGHTWATCHMAN
• NEIGHBOURHOOD PEOPLE
• CUCA, A TENANT
• ANOTHER DOORWOMAN
• BASILIO SOULINAKE
• THE HEARSE COACHMAN
• THE FOP (CASH-ON-DELIVERY)
• PACONA, OLD NEWSVENDOR
• DISTURBANCES
• SQUADS
• TROOPS
• DOGS
• CATS
• A PARROT

Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 10 October 2010.

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