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Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) is Spain's most famous author, primarily because of his celebrated novel Don Quixote. His first love, however, was the theater, for which he wrote extensively. His Interludes, published 400 years ago in 1615, are short, comic plays that explore the underbelly of Renaissance Spanish society. Their characters include hillbillies and con artists, pimps and prostitutes, adulterous wives and jealous husbands, and an array of other comical figures. Cervantes's treatment of them is simultaneously critical and sympathetic. Although interludes tend to be works of light comedy, Cervantes often imbues his with deeper themes.

Charles Patterson, a scholar of Hispanic theater, has created translations of the Interludes that are true to the earthiness of the originals but designed to be readily playable for today's actors and accessible to modern audiences. This book includes an introduction that places the plays in context, briefly describing the life of Cervantes, theater in early modern Spain, Cervantes's interludes, and Patterson's approach to translating them. Casual readers, theater and literature students, and professional actors alike will delight in these comedic gems that reveal a less familiar side of one of history's greatest writers.

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Charles Patterson (Bellingham, WA) teaches Spanish language, culture, and literature at Western Washington University. He has published scholarly articles on Hispanic playwrights such as Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and has edited a student edition of Lope de Vega's play La dama boba. His current research focuses on modern translations and adaptations of early Hispanic theater.

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  • PublisherApplause
  • Publication date2015
  • ISBN 10 1495013030
  • ISBN 13 9781495013034
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages144
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