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)

Details: 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]