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• Dog in a Manger translated by John Farndon
• The Dog in the Manger (2004) translated by David Johnston
• The Dog in the Manger (1990) translated by Victor Dixon
• The Dog in the Manger (1961) translated by Jill Booty
• The Gardener's Dog (1936) translated by Luis Miguel González Cruz

Dog in a Manger, translated by John Farndon

Samples

• From ACT ONE, Dog in a Manger

The Dog in the Manger (2004), translated by David Johnston

Editions

• Vega, Lope de. 2004. The Dog in the Manger, trans. David Johnston. London, Oberon

Productions

• The Dog in the Manger (United Kingdom, 2004)
• The Dog in the Manger (United States, 2009)

Samples

• From ACT ONE

The Dog in the Manger (1990), translated by Victor Dixon

Editions

• Vega, Lope de. 1990. The Dog in the Manger, trans. Victor Dixon. Ottawa, Dovehouse

Samples

• Near the end of ACT ONE, Dixon's 'The Dog in the Manger'
• From ACT TWO, Dixon's 'The Dog in the Manger'

Further information

Dixon's translation is in blank verse, except for the nine sonnets, which are rendered as Shakespeare-style sonnets. The translator has made new versions of these which he would be happy to supply (email us at info[at]outofthewings.org and we will forward such requests on to him).

The Dog in the Manger (1961), translated by Jill Booty

Editions

• Vega, Lope de. 1961. The Dog in the Manger, trans. Jill Booty. In Lope de Vega: Five Plays, ed. R. D. F. Pring-Mill. New York, Hill and Wang

The Gardener's Dog (1936), translated by Luis Miguel González Cruz

Editions

• Vega, Lope de. 1936. The Gardener’s Dog. In Four plays by Lope de Vega, trans. John Garrett Underhill. New York, C. Scribner's Sons

Entry written by Kathleen Jeffs. Last updated on 4 March 2012.

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