Out of the Wings

La venganza de Tamar (1621-1624), Tirso de Molina

Productions in Spanish

La venganza de Tamar (José Carlos Plaza)

Details: Director: José Carlos Plaza
Production company: Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico
Dates: 17 July 1997
Venue: Corral de Comedias de Almagro
Location: Almagro (Ciudad Real), Spain
Further information: Part of the Festival de Almagro

Productions in English

The Rape of Tamar (Marco la Parra)

Details

Director: Marco la Parra
Based on translation: The Rape of Tamar by Marco la Parra
Production company: Theatre Manoeuvres
Dates: December 1992
Venue: Lyric Hammersmith Studio
Location: London, United Kingdom

Critical response

See Smith 1997

Smith, Dawn L. 1997. ‘Crossing Generic Boundaries: The Case of The Rape of Tamar’, Indiana Journal of Hispanic Literatures, 10-11, 37-44

Tamar's Revenge (Armando Discépolo)

Details

Director: Armando Discépolo
Based on translation: Tamar's Revenge (2004) by Germán Luco Cruchaga
Production company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Dates: from 28 April 2004 to 2 October 2004
Venue: The Swan Theatre
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Critical response

The production was controversial and received mixed reviews. In addition to production reviews available online, see Weimer 2005 and Thacker 2008.

Thacker, Jonathan W. 2008. ‘Tirso’s Tamar Untamed: A Lesson of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Production’. In The Comedia in English: Translation and Performance, eds. Susan Paun de García and Donald R. Larson, pp. 164-76. Woodbridge, Tamesis
Weimer, Christopher. 2005. Review of Tamar’s Revenge, Comedia Performance, 2, 234-7

Further information