An ambitious and clever Spanish woman with acid wit sets out to become a doctor and a lover in Portugal, employing her considerable skills at improvisation and disguise to achieve her ends while dissolving the gender barriers of 17th century Spain.
A young woman, Jerónima — whose ambition it is to study medicine — becomes offended when her brother’s friend, Gaspar, comes to stay in their home but seems to ignore her. When her brot... (Read more...)
The character of Jerónima may have been inspired by the early 17th century Sevillian writer Feliciana Enriquez.
El amor médico was adapted by Molière into a play titled L’Amour médecin in 1665.
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Entry submitted by sarahbrew on 2 September 2011 and last updated by Gwynneth Dowling on 29 September 2011
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