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El retablo de las maravillas (1610-1615), Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Production in Spanish
- Entremeses (included La cueva de Salamanca, El viejo celoso and El retablo de las maravillas) (José Luis Gómez, Rosario Ruiz, Spain, 1996)
- El retablo de las maravillas (Olga Margallo, Spain, 1996)
- Maravillas de Cervantes (Joan Font , Spain, 2000)
- El retablo de las maravillas (‘cinco variaciones sobre un tema de Cervantes’) (Albert Boadella, Spain, 2004)
- Cervantes entre palos (El juez de los divorcios and El retablo de las maravillas with music and dance) (Jesús Salgado, Spain, 2004)
Productions in Spanish
Entremeses (included La cueva de Salamanca, El viejo celoso and El retablo de las maravillas) (José Luis Gómez, Rosario Ruiz)
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Director:
José Luis Gómez
, Rosario Ruiz
Dates: 23 March 1996
Venue: Teatro de la Abadía
Location: Madrid, Spain
- Further information
Photos and a list of company members are available in El teatro según Cervantes, Cuadernos de Teatro Clásico, 20, Madrid, Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico.
El retablo de las maravillas (Olga Margallo)
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Director:
Olga Margallo
Production company: Uroc Teatro
Dates: 15 June 1996
Venue: Auditorio de Cuenca, part of the ‘I Bienal Internacional de Teatro de Actor’
Location: Cuenca, Spain
- Further information
Photos and a list of company members are available in El teatro según Cervantes, Cuadernos de Teatro Clásico, 20, Madrid, Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico, p. 272
Maravillas de Cervantes (Joan Font )
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Director:
Joan Font
Production company: Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico
Dates: March 2000
Venue: Teatro de la Comedia
Location: Madrid, Spain
- Critical response
The production was very well received by the Spanish press, who often commented on the huge ambulatory puppetry that characterised it. A study of the production with statements by key members of the team along with a compendium of reviews is available (in Spanish) in Cervantes en la Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico, Cuadernos de Teatro Clásico, 21, Madrid, Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico. Full colour photos of Maravillas de Cervantes (including El viejo celoso) are also included in that issue.
- Further information
The production was a programme of Cervantes’ work, also including El retablo de las maravillas, Los habladores, La cueva de Salamanca, La elección de los alcaldes de Daganzo and El viejo celoso. The production also toured.
El retablo de las maravillas (‘cinco variaciones sobre un tema de Cervantes’) (Albert Boadella)
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Director:
Albert Boadella
Production company: Els Joglars
Dates: 9 January 2004
Venue: Teatro Lope de Vega
Location: Seville, Spain
- Further information
Photos and a list of company members are available in El teatro según Cervantes, Cuadernos de Teatro Clásico, 20, Madrid, Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico, p. 275
Cervantes entre palos (El juez de los divorcios and El retablo de las maravillas with music and dance) (Jesús Salgado)
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Director:
Jesús Salgado
Dates: from 21 July 2004 to 25 July 2004
Venue: Teatro del Duende, Veranos de la villa, Jardines de Sabatini
Location: Madrid, Spain
- Critical response
Reviewed by Ellen C. Frye. 2005. Comedia Performance, 2, 1, 254-61
Productions in English
Spanish Interludes (Three of Cervantes’ entremeses: The Jealous Old Man, The Marvellous Puppet Show, The Watchdog) (Kathleen Jeffs (née Mountjoy))
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Director:
Kathleen Jeffs (née Mountjoy)
Based on translation: The Jealous Old Man by John O'Neill , The Marvellous Puppet Show by Oxford University Playwriting and Dramaturgy Soc. , The Watchdog by Oxford University Playwriting and Dramaturgy Soc.
Production company: Oxford University Playwriting and Dramaturgy Society
Dates: from 5 August 2005 to 14 August 2005
Venue: C Central, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Further information
Also played 15-19 February 2005 at the Burton-Taylor Theatre in Oxford.
Entry written by Kathleen Jeffs. Last updated on 4 October 2010.
