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El rufián viudo llamado Trampagos (1610-1615), Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Dirty Fraud, the Widowed Pimp (2011), translated by Oliver Mayer

Editions
  • Cervantes, Miguel de. 2011. ‘Dirty Fraud, the Widowed Pimp’, trans. Oliver Mayer. The Mercurian: A Theatrical Translation Review, 3, 2

Characters

Mayer uses 12 actors and the doublings shown are for the characters used in both his translations of El juez de los divorcios ('The Divorce Court Judge') and Trampagos ('Dirty Fraud, the Widowed Pimp')

  • ACUPUNCTURIST/DIRTY FRAUD, male
  • SOLDIER/ BACK PACK, male
  • CROSSING GUARD/ CHICKYBABY, male
  • BAILIFF/ JUAN BRIGHTASS, male
  • ALDONZA/KNOB POLISHER, female
  • LADY GUIOMAR/TAIL WAGGER, female
  • MARIANA/STRAY KITTY, female
  • PROSECUTOR/WACK JACK, male
  • FUNKY FEMALE, female
  • FUNKY MALE, male
  • CLERK/SCARY MAN, male
  • GEEZER, male
  • JUDGE, female
Samples

The Widowed Pimp (1996), translated by Dawn Smith

Editions
  • Cervantes, Miguel de. 1996. ‘The Widowed Pimp’. In Eight Interludes, trans. Dawn Smith, pp. 21-41. London, Everyman

Samples

Trampagos, the Pimp Who Lost His Moll (1964), translated by Edwin Honig

Editions
  • Cervantes, Miguel de. 1964. ‘Trampagos, the Pimp Who Lost His Moll’. In Interludes, trans. Edwin Honig, pp. 39-55. New York, The New American Library of World Literature

Characters
  • TRAMPAGOS, Pimp
  • VADEMECUM, His servant
  • CHIQUIZNAQUE, Pimp
  • JOHNNY BRIGHTS, (Juan Claros), Pimp
  • THE PREENER, (La Repulida), Whore
  • THE WAGTAIL, (La Pizpita), Whore
  • THE STRAYBIRD, (La Mostrenca), Whore
  • ESCARRAMÁN, Escaped prisoner
  • PERSON, A man
  • TWO BARBER-MUSICIANS

Trampagos, the Widower Bully (1948), translated by S. Griswold Morley

Editions
  • Cervantes, Miguel de. 1948. ‘Trampagos, the Widower Bully’. In The Interludes of Cervantes, trans. S. Griswold Morley, pp. 21-51. Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press [Note bilingual edition with the Spanish on facing pages] (in English and Spanish)

Characters
  • TRAMPAGOS, Bully
  • CHIQUIZNAQUE, Another
  • JUAN CLAROS, Another [note ‘Claros’, not ‘Carlos’]
  • VADEMECUM, Trampagos’ servant
  • LA REPULIDA, (The Primper)
  • LA PIZPITA, (The Wagtail)
  • LA MOSTRENCA, (The Maverick)
  • ESCARRAMÁN, Ex-captive
  • TWO MUSICIANS

Entry written by Kathleen Jeffs. Last updated on 24 February 2011.

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