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Scene

This is a three-act comedia.

Staging

The action takes place in four locations, all of which could be quite simply represented: Alonso’s house; the street; inside Pedro’s house where Beatriz and Leonor live; and a different street. Alonso and Moscatel hide in a china cupboard, from which the sounds of breaking china are heard. They also jump off the balcony to the street below, although this need not be seen onstage. There are two letters, a mirror, gloves, a candlestick, ribbon and a piece of jewellery containing a diamond (see Calderón 1986: xxvi-xxvii).

• Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. 1986. Love Is No Laughing Matter / No hay burlas con el amor, trans. Don Cruickshank and Seán Page. Dual-language edition. Warminster, Aris and Phillips (in Spanish and English)

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The action takes place in four locations, all of which could be quite simply represented: Alonso’s house; the street; inside Pedro’s house where Beatriz and Leonor live; and a different... (Read more...)

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
6 males	6 males
3 females	3 females
9 (total)	9 (total)

Characters

• DON ALONSO DE LUNA
• DON JUAN DE MENDOZA
• MOSCATEL, Comic servant
• DON PEDRO ENRÍQUEZ, Father to Beatriz and Leonor
• DOÑA BEATRIZ
• DOÑA LEONOR
• INÉS, Maidservant
• DON LUIS
• DON DIEGO

Entry written by Kathleen Jeffs. Last updated on 16 May 2012.

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