• Overview
• Staging information
• Translations
• Sample translations
• Production history

Don Duardos, translated by Jo Clifford

Title information

Duardos is Portuguese for Edward

Scene

The play shifts scenes and locations, but is in one act, which when read out loud comes in at just about an hour.

Staging

The adaptation is metatheatrical, and includes the knights' fighting onstage. This play could be set very simply, as it takes place predominantly in a garden, and the scene changes (the Emperor’s court, Gil the Gardener's house and gardens) need not require a drastic change of scenery. There are few props, including a decorated cup for Flerida to drink from, and flowers, including a garland. See Hart’s useful chapter on staging information in his guide to the original play (1981).

Characters

• DON DUARDOS / DON ROBUSTO
• THE AUTHOR / THE EMPORER / GIL THE GARDENER / THE CAPTAIN OF THE GALLEYS
• CAMILOTE / FRANCISCO / PRIMALEON
• FLERIDA / GRIMANESA
• ATARDA / OLIMBA
• COSTANZA RUIZ / MAIMONDA

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
6 (total)	6 (total)
3 males	3 males
3 females	3 females

Samples

• THE OPENING OF THE PLAY
• DUARDOS’S FIRST SOLILOQUY
• DUARDOS’S SPEECH TO ARTADA

Entry written by Kathleen Jeffs. Last updated on 4 October 2010.

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