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La elección de los alcaldes de Daganzo (1610-1615), Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Electing a Sheriff in Podunk County, Florida translated by Ben Gunter
- Choosing a Councilman in Daganzo (1964) translated by Edwin Honig
- The Election of the Daganzo Aldermen (1948) translated by S. Griswold Morley
- The Election of the Magistrates of Daganzo (1996) translated by Dawn Smith
Electing a Sheriff in Podunk County, Florida, translated by Ben Gunter
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http://spanish-golden-age-plays.wikispaces.com/Cervantes+on+Stage+Project+%28Ben+Gunter%29 [accessed 4 March 2012] (Online Publication)
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- Title information
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The title reflects the nature of the adaptation as a 'relocation'.
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The Insiders:
the Status Quo
JUDGE HANGHAM, the central pillar of Podunk’s old-boy network (though she’s a woman)
MS. PETRA KERCHUSKI, Judge Hangham’s secretary (and an overworked single mom)
COL. CORNPONE, chairman of Podunk’s Republican Party (addicted to Bush-speak)
MS. LONNIE SNAPPEA, chairperson of Podunk’s Democratic Party (and newly feminist)
The Nearly-In’s:
Candidates for Sheriff
HONEST AVA, founder of the Podunk Used Car Emporium, independent
JANE COLECOKE, a union taste-tester at Podunk’s Coca-Cola bottling plant, Democrat
MICHELLE POTSHOT, founding member of the NRA, Republican
PETER RIBBIT, Libertarian candidate (a darkhorse with minimal name recognition)
The Wannabes:
from the Hangers-On to the Absolute Outsiders
ISEN NEARS, Judge Hangham’s undercover lookout (on the payroll as ‘public relations’)
REV. OLEY URNEW, founder of the Holy Huddle, a panhandle think tank (evangelical)
MIGUELITA SAAVEDRA, newly-naturalized native of Tijuana
SANCHITA QUIXOTE, ex-migrant from Mexico City
Plus A Plethora of cocktail waitresses, janitors, bouncers, reporters, onlookers, and delegates to political conventions.
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Choosing a Councilman in Daganzo (1964), translated by Edwin Honig
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Cervantes, Miguel de. 1964. ‘Choosing a Councilman in Daganzo’. In Interludes, trans. Edwin Honig, pp. 57-71. New York, The New American Library of World Literature
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- Characters
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- CLOVEN HOOF (Pesuña), College graduate
- PETER SNEEZE (Pedro Estornudo), Clerk
- HARDBREAD (Panduro), Councilman
- ALONSO STRING BEAN (Alonso Algarroba), Councilman
- FRANCIS GASSING (Francisco de Humillos), Peasant
- JOHN CRAGGY (Juan Berrocal), Peasant
- MICHAEL HOCK (Miguel Jarrete), Peasant
- A MAN
- A SUBSACRISTAN
- GYPSIES, MEN AND WOMEN
- MUSICIANS AND DANCERS
The Election of the Daganzo Aldermen (1948), translated by S. Griswold Morley
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Cervantes, Miguel de. 1948. ‘The Election of the Daganzo Aldermen’[dual-language edition]. In The Interludes of Cervantes, trans. S. Griswold Morley, pp. 53-79. Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press (in English and Spanish)
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- THE BACHELOR PESUÑA (Clovenhoof)
- PEDRO ESTORNUDO (Peter Sneeze), Clerk
- PANDURO (Hard Bread), Regidor
- ALFONSO ALGARROBA (Alfonso Carob Bean), Regidor
- FRANCISCO DE HUMILLOS (Smoky the Vain), Peasant
- JUAN BERROCAL (Juan Rockfield), Peasant
- MIGUEL JARRETE (Michael Hock), Peasant
- PEDRO DE LA RANA (Peter Frog), Peasant
- A MAN
- AN UNDERSACRISTAN
- GYPSY MEN AND WOMEN
- MUSICIANS AND DANCING GIRLS
The Election of the Magistrates of Daganzo (1996), translated by Dawn Smith
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Cervantes, Miguel de. 1996. ‘The Election of the Magistrates of Daganzo’. In Eight Interludes, trans. Dawn Smith, pp. 42-53. London, Everyman
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Entry written by Kathleen Jeffs. Last updated on 7 May 2012.
