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• The Divorce Court Judge (1996) translated by Dawn Smith
• The Divorce Court Judge (2011) translated by Oliver Mayer
• The Divorce-Court Judge (1964) translated by Edwin Honig
• The Judge of the Divorce Court (1948) translated by S. Griswold Morley

The Divorce Court Judge (1996), translated by Dawn Smith

Editions

• Cervantes, Miguel de. 1996. ‘The Divorce Court Judge’. In Eight Interludes, trans. Dawn Smith, pp. 7-20. London, Everyman

Samples

• Extract from pp.13-14 of Dawn Smith’s translation

The Divorce Court Judge (2011), translated by Oliver Mayer

Editions

• Cervantes, Miguel de. 2011. ‘The Divorce Court Judge’, 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

• Divorce Mayer 1
• Divorce Mayer 2

The Divorce-Court Judge (1964), translated by Edwin Honig

Editions

• Cervantes, Miguel de. 1964. ‘The Divorce-Court Judge’. In Interludes, trans. Edwin Honig, pp. 27-38. New York, The New American Library of World Literature

Characters

• JUDGE
• CLERK
• PROSECUTOR
• OLD MAN
• MARIANA, His wife
• SOLDIER
• DOÑA GUIOMAR, His wife
• DOCTOR
• ALDONZA DE MINJACA, His wife
• PORTER
• TWO MUSICIANS

The Judge of the Divorce Court (1948), translated by S. Griswold Morley

Editions

• Cervantes, Miguel de. 1948. ‘The Judge of the Divorce Court’. InThe Interludes of Cervantes, trans. S. Griswold Morley, pp. 1-19. Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press [Note bilingual edition with the Spanish on facing pages]

Characters

• THE JUDGE
• THE CLERK
• THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
• AN OLD MAN
• MARIANA, His wife
• A LABORER [American spelling]
• A SOLDIER
• DOÑA GUIMAR, His wife
• A SURGEON
• ALDONZA DE MINJACA, His wife
• TWO MUSICANS

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

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