Three major plays : Fuente Ovejuna ; The knight from Olmedo ; Punishment without revenge

Lope De Vega (1562-1635), Widely Regarded As The Architect Of The Drama Of The Spanish Golden Age, Was Known By His Contemporaries As The 'monster Of Nature' For His Claim To Have Written More Than A Thousand Plays. His Work Is Notable For Its Energy, Inventiveness, And Dramatic Power And Combines The Serious And The Comic In Striving To Imitate Real Life. Fuente Ovejuna, Perhaps His Best-known Play, Is Based On Spanish History And Reveals How Tyranny Leads To Rebellion, While The Knight From Olmedo Is A Moving Dramatization Of Impetuous And Youthful Passion Which Ends In Death. Lope's Most Powerful Tragedy, Punishment Without Revenge, Centres On The Illicit Relationship Of A Young Wife With Her Stepson And The Revenge Of A Dishonoured Husband. These Three Plays, In Vivid And Performable Translations Faithful To The Original Spanish, Embody The Very Best Of Lope's Dramatic Art.--jacket. Fuente Ovejuna -- The Knight From Olmedo -- Punishment Withour Revenge. Lope De Vega ; Translated With An Introduction And Notes By Gwynne Edwards. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [xxxvii] - Xxxix). Con probabilidad la más conocida y trascendente de las obras teatrales de Lope de Vega, por su explicito contenido social y critico, representado en la rebelión unánime de todo un pueblo contra su comendador. Los hechos se desarrollan a partir del intento del tirano comendador de forzar a Laurencia, hija del alcalde. Una venganza "justa" y una frase para la posteridad ("Fuente Ovejuna lo hizo") han dado fama a esta obra. Lope de Vega (1562-1635), widely regarded as the architect of the drama of the Spanish Golden Age, created plots and characters notable for their energy, inventiveness, and dramatic power. This unique edition includes his most famous play, Fuente Ovejuna , as well as The Knight from Olmedo and Punishment without Revenge . Presented here in superb translation, these plays embody the very best of Lope's dramatic art. Lope de Vega (1562-1635), widely regarded as the architect of the drama of the Spanish Golden Age, created plots and characters notable for their energy, inventiveness, and dramatic power. This unique edition includes his most famous play, Fuente Orejuna, as well as The Knight from Olmedo and Punishment without Revenge. Presented here in superb translation, these plays embody the very best of Lope's dramatic art.