Productions in Spanish
La venganza de Tamar
(José Carlos Plaza)
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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
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Part of the Festival de Almagro
Productions in English
The Rape of Tamar
(Marco la Parra)
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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)
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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
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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
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Also performed at People’s Theatre Arts Centre, Newcastle, 17-25 November 2004, and at the Teatro Español in Madrid.
Entry written by
Kathleen Jeffs.
Last updated on
22 February 2011.