No hay burlas con el amor (c.1635), Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Productions in Spanish

No hay burlas con el amor

Details: Dates: 1635
Location: Spain
Critical response: Cruickshank and Page report it was first performed in the corrales in 1635.

No hay burlas con el amor (Antonio de Prado)

Details: Director: Antonio de Prado
Production company: company of Antonio de Prado
Dates: 10 April 1651
Location: Spain
Further information: It was also performed on by the company of Antonio de Prado (Calderón 1986)

No hay burlas con el amor (Manuel Canseco)

Details

Director: Manuel Canseco
Dates: from 10 July 2008 to 31 August 2008
Venue: Los jardines Galileo
Location: Madrid, Spain

Critical response

No hay burlas con el amor [accessed 31 March 2012]

No hay burlas con el amor (Etienne Fajardo)

Details

Director: Etienne Fajardo
Production company: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Dates: from 20 February 2010 to 13 March 2010
Venue: Teatro Santa Fe
Location: Mexico

Critical response

No hay burlas con el amor [accessed 31 March 2012]

Further information

The production ran 20 and 27 February, and 6 and 13 March 2010

Productions in English

Love Is No Laughing Matter (Bárbara Mujica)

Details

Director: Bárbara Mujica
Based on translation: Love Is No Laughing Matter (1986) by Don Cruickshank , Seán Page
Production company: El Retablo
Dates: from 13 November 2008 to 16 November 2008
Venue: Devine Theater, Davis Center for the Performing Arts, Georgetown University
Location: Washington, DC, United States

Critical response

Soler’s review says ‘the performance was based loosely on the English translation of No hay burlas con el amor by Donald Cruickshank and Seán Page’ (2009: 216).
The comic servant was changed into a female character, ‘Moscatela’, and the patriarchal Don Pedro of the original became ‘the old-fashioned matron Doña Patricia’ in this version (Soler 2009). It takes place in a modern setting, including the use of mobile phones. In addition to the original’s maidservant Inés, this production included a second maid, María.
According to Soler, the production was supported by ‘Georgetown University Departments of Performing Arts and Spanish and Portuguese, as well as the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture & United States’ Universities, the Embassy of Spain, and Washington Women in the Theater’ (2009: 216).
Soler, Patricia. 2009. ‘Love Is No Laughing Matter’ review. Comedia Performance 6, 1, 216-19

The Phoenix of Madrid (Laurence Boswell)

Details

Director: Laurence Boswell
Based on translation: The Phoenix of Madrid (2011) by Laurence Boswell
Dates: from 14 September 2011 to 23 December 2011
Venue: The Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal
Location: Bath, United Kingdom

Critical response