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El perro del hortelano (1613-1615), Lope de Vega Carpio

Productions in Spanish

El perro del hortelano (Cayetano Luca de Tena)

Details
Director: Cayetano Luca de Tena
Production company: Compañía de Teatro Español
Dates: 24 November 1962
Venue: Teatro Español
Location: Madrid, Spain

El perro del hortelano (Manuel Canseco)

Details
Director: Manuel Canseco
Production company: Compañía Nacional de Comedias
Dates: from 1975 to 1976
Venue: Corral de la Pacheca
Location: Madrid, Spain

El perro del hortelano (Manuel Canseco)

Details
Director: Manuel Canseco
Production company: Compañía Española de Teatro Clásico
Dates: from 1979 to 1980
Venue: Real Coliseo Carlos III de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Location: El Escorial, Spain

El perro del hortelano (Manuel Canseco)

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Director: Manuel Canseco
Dates: 14 April 1981
Venue: Jacinto Benavente Theatre
Location: Madrid, Spain

El perro del hortelano (Gracia Morales Ortiz)

Details
Director: Gracia Morales Ortiz
Production company: Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico
Dates: 13 July 1989
Venue: Corral de Comedias de Almagro
Location: Almagro (Ciudad Real), Spain
Further information

Opened as part of the Festival de Teatro Clásico de Almagro.

El perro del hortelano (Edgar Neville Romrée)

Details
Director: Edgar Neville Romrée
Production company: Compañía de Francisco Portes
Dates: 12 June 1992
Venue: At the Plaza de las Veletas de Cáceres
Further information

Part of the Festival de Teatro de Cáceres

El perro del hortelano (Carlos Arniches Barreda)

Details
Director: Carlos Arniches Barreda
Production company: Teatro del Olivar
Dates: 17 July 1999
Venue: Teatro Municipal de Almagro
Location: Almagro (Ciudad Real), Spain
Further information

Opened as part of the Festival de Teatro Clásico de Almagro.

El perro del hortelano (Carlos Be)

Details
Director: Carlos Be
Production company: Caleido
Dates: 14 March 2001
Venue: Teatro Apolo de Almería
Location: Spain
Further information

Production was in association with the Jornadas de Teatro del Siglo de Oro

El perro del hortelano (Lourdes Ortiz)

Details
Director: Lourdes Ortiz
Dates: January 2002
Venue: El Teatro Condal
Location: Barcelona, Spain

El perro del hortelano (Emilio Carballido)

Details
Director: Emilio Carballido
Production company: Repertorio Español
Dates: from 10 November 2004 to 17 December 2004
Venue: Gramercy Arts Theatre
Location: New York, United States
Further information

Also toured to the W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts, Lemoyne College, Syracuse, New York, 15-11-2004.

El perro del hortelano (Laurence Boswell)

Details
Director: Laurence Boswell
Production company: Rakatá
Dates: from 27 September 2007 to 13 October 2007
Venue: Teatro Albéniz
Location: Madrid, Spain

Productions in English

The Dog in the Manger (Laurence Boswell)

Details
Director: Laurence Boswell
Based on translation: The Dog in the Manger (2004) by David Johnston
Production company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Dates: from 14 April 2004 to 2 October 2004
Venue: The Swan Theatre
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Critical response

The production was favourably reviewed both in the media and by scholars. For a sample, see the reviews by Ashworth, Cavendish, Clapp, Macaulay and Fischer.

  • Ashworth, Pat. 2004. ‘The Dog in the Manger.’ Review of The Dog in the Manger by Lope de Vega. Trans. David Johnston. Dir. Laurence Boswell. Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon. Stage. 29 April

  • Cavendish, Dominic. 2004. ‘How the RSC gave Spain a Lesson in Teatro.’ Review of The Dog in the Manger by Lope de Vega. Trans. David Johnston. Dir. Laurence Boswell. Teatro Español, Madrid. www.telegraph.co.uk. 1 November

  • Clapp, Susannah. 2004. ‘Putting Shakespeare in his place.’ Review of The Dog in the Manger by Lope de Vega. Trans. David Johnston. Dir. Laurence Boswell. Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon. Observer. 25 April. Theatre Section

  • Fischer, Susan L. 2005. ‘“Some are Born Great” and “Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them”: Staging Lope’s El perro del hortelano on the Boards of the Bard’, Comedia Performance, 2,1, 9-68

  • Macaulay, Alastair. 1995. ‘The Painter of Dishonour’, Financial Times, 8-9 July

Further information

Toured to the People’s Theatre Arts Centre, Newcastle, 8-27 November 2004, and the Playhouse, London, 21-01-2005 to 26-03-2005, and also to the Teatro Español, Madrid

The Dog in the Manger (Jonathan Munby)

Details
Director: Jonathan Munby
Based on translation: The Dog in the Manger (2004) by David Johnston
Dates: 2 October 2009
Venue: Lansburgh Theatre
Location: Washington, DC, United States
Critical response

See the review here [Accessed September 2010]

Entry written by Kathleen Jeffs. Last updated on 4 March 2012.

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