List of Calderón's plays in English translation
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List of Calderón's plays in English translation

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Spanish Title	English Title	Year	Translator	Publication	Notes

Peor está que estaba	Worse and Worse	1664?*	Digby, George	not extant	performed at the Duke's Theatre between 1662 and 1665

Mejor está que estaba	'Tis Better than It Was	1664?*	Digby, George	not extant	performed at the Duke's Theatre July 1664

No siempre lo peor es cierto	Elvira: or, The Worst is Not Always True	1667	Digby, George	first performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields November 1664; reprinted in Robert Dodsley's Select Collection of Old Plays Vol 12 on the Internet Archive

La Dama Duende	Woman is a Riddle	1718	Bullock, Christopher (& others?)	Woman is a Riddle on the Internet Archive

El escondido y la tapada	'Tis Well It's No Worse	1770	Bickerstaffe, Isaac	'Tis Well It's No Worse on the Internet Archive

Peor está que estaba	From Bad to Worse	1805	Holcroft, Fanny	The Theatrical Recorder Vol 1. No. 4 (1805) at Google Books	prose

Mejor está que estaba	Fortune Mends	1805	Holcroft, Fanny	The Theatrical Recorder Vol. 2 No. 8 (1805)	prose

La Dama Duende	The Fairy Lady	1807	Holland, Lord (anonymously)	Three Comedies Translated from the Spanish on the Internet Archive	prose

Nadie fie su secreto	Keep Your Own Secret	1807	Holland, Lord (anonymously)	Three Comedies Translated from the Spanish on the Internet Archive	prose

El Magico Prodigioso	The Wonder-Working Magician (scenes)	1824	Shelley, Percy Bysshe	Posthumous Poems on the Internet Archive	blank verse; major fragments, comprising much of the main plot; reprinted in The Classic Theatre III: Six Spanish Plays, ed. Eric Bentley (1959)

La Vida es Sueño	Life, a Dream	1830	Cowan, Malcolm (anonymously)

La Vida es Sueño	Life is a Dream	1842	Oxenford, John	The Monthly Magazine (Vol XCVI, p. RA1-PA255, at Google Books: Nos DXLIX, DL, DLI)	blank verse

El Magico Prodigioso	Justina	1848	"J. H." (Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence?)	Justina: a play on the Internet Archive	verse; retranslated as The Wonder-Working Magician in Calderon’s Dramas (1873)

El pintor de su deshonra	The Painter of His Own Dishonor	1853	Fitzgerald, Edward	Six Dramas of Calderon	blank verse and prose, “freely adapted” ; reprinted in Eight Dramas of Calderon (1906) on the Internet Archive

Nadie fie su secreto	Keep Your Own Secret	1853	Fitzgerald, Edward	Six Dramas of Calderon	blank verse and prose, “freely adapted” ; reprinted in Eight Dramas of Calderon (1906) on the Internet Archive

Luis Pérez, el gallego	Gil Perez, the Gallician	1853	Fitzgerald, Edward	Six Dramas of Calderon	blank verse and prose, “freely adapted” ; reprinted in Eight Dramas of Calderon (1906) on the Internet Archive

Las tres justicias en una	Three Judgements at a Blow	1853	Fitzgerald, Edward	Six Dramas of Calderon	blank verse and prose, “freely adapted” ; reprinted in Eight Dramas of Calderon (1906) on the Internet Archive

El Alcalde de Zalamea	The Mayor of Zalamea	1853	Fitzgerald, Edward	Six Dramas of Calderon	blank verse and prose, “freely adapted” ; reprinted in Eight Dramas of Calderon (1906) on the Internet Archive

Guárdate del agua mansa	Beware of Smooth Water	1853	Fitzgerald, Edward	Six Dramas of Calderon	blank verse and prose, “freely adapted” ; reprinted in Eight Dramas of Calderon (1906) on the Internet Archive

El Principe Constant	The Constant Prince	1853	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Dramas of Calderon, Tragic, Comic, and Legendary, Vol 1 on the Internet Archive	imitative verse; reprinted with revisions by Henry W. Wells in Calderon de la Barca: Six Plays (1961)

El Secreto a Voces	The Secret in Words	1853	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Dramas of Calderon, Tragic, Comic, and Legendary, Vol 1 on the Internet Archive	imitative verse

El médico de su honra	The Physician of His Own Honour	1853	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Dramas of Calderon, Tragic, Comic, and Legendary, Vol 1 on the Internet Archive	imitative verse

Amar despues de la Muerte	Love After Death	1853	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Dramas of Calderon, Tragic, Comic, and Legendary, Vol 2 on the Internet Archive	imitative verse; reprinted with revisions by Henry W. Wells in Calderon de la Barca: Six Plays (1961)

El Purgatorio de San Patricio	The Purgatory of St. Patrick	1853	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Dramas of Calderon, Tragic, Comic, and Legendary, Vol 2 on the Internet Archive	imitative verse; revised version published in Calderon’s Dramas (1873)

La Banda y la Flor	The Scarf and the Flower	1853	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Dramas of Calderon, Tragic, Comic, and Legendary, Vol 2 on the Internet Archive	imitative verse

La Vida es Sueño	Life's a Dream (passages)	1856	Trench, Richard Chenevix	Life's a Dream; The Great Theatre of the World on the Internet Archive	not a complete translation, but many significant passages with commentary interspersed

El gran teatro del mundo	The Great Theatre of the World (passages)	1856	Trench, Richard Chenevix	Life's a Dream; The Great Theatre of the World on the Internet Archive	auto; not a complete translation, but many significant passages with commentary interspersed

Los Encantos de la Culpa	The Sorceries of Sin	1859	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	The Atlantis: a Register of Literature and Science Vol II on the Internet Archive pp 277-323	auto; imitative verse; bilingual edition; reprinted in Love the Greatest Enchantment, The Sorceries of Sin, The Devotion of the Cross. From the Spanish of Calderon (1861) on the Internet Archive

El Mayor Encanto Amor	Love the Greatest Enchantment	1861	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Love the Greatest Enchantment, The Sorceries of Sin, The Devotion of the Cross. From the Spanish of Calderon on the Internet Archive	imitative verse; bilingual edition

La Devoción de la Cruz	The Devotion of the Cross	1861	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Love the Greatest Enchantment, The Sorceries of Sin, The Devotion of the Cross. From the Spanish of Calderon on the Internet Archive	imitative verse; bilingual edition; reprinted with revisions by Henry W. Wells in Calderon de la Barca: Six Plays (1961)

El Magico Prodigioso	The Mighty Magician	1865	Fitzgerald, Edward	The Mighty Magician; Such Stuff as Dreams are Made Of	blank verse and prose, “freely adapted”; reprinted in Eight Dramas of Calderon (1906) on the Internet Archive

La Vida es Sueño	Such Stuff as Dreams are Made Of	1865	Fitzgerald, Edward	The Mighty Magician; Such Stuff as Dreams are Made Of	blank verse and prose, “freely adapted”; reprinted in Eight Dramas of Calderon (1906) on the Internet Archive

La cena del rey Baltazar	Belshazzar’s Feast	1867	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Mysteries of Corpus Christi on the Internet Archive	auto; imitative verse; reprinted with revisions by Henry W. Wells in Calderon de la Barca: Six Plays (1961)

La Divina Filotéa	The Divine Philothea	1867	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Mysteries of Corpus Christi on the Internet Archive	auto; imitative verse

El Veneno y la Triaca	The Poison and the Antidote (first scene only)	1867	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Mysteries of Corpus Christi on the Internet Archive	auto; imitative verse

Los dos amantes del cielo: Crisanto y Daria	The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chysanthus and Daria	1869	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	The Atlantis: a Register of Literature and Science Vol V on the Internet Archive Article II, pp 13-68	imitative verse; reprinted in The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chysanthus and Daria. A drama of early Christian Rome (1870) on the Internet Archive

La Vida es Sueño	Life Is a Dream	1873	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Calderon’s Dramas on the Internet Archive	imitative verse; reprinted with revisions by Henry W. Wells in Calderon de la Barca: Six Plays (1961)

El Magico Prodigioso	The Wonder-Working Magician	1873	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Calderon’s Dramas on the Internet Archive	imitative verse; reprinted with revisions by Henry W. Wells in Calderon de la Barca: Six Plays (1961)

El Purgatorio de San Patricio	The Purgatory of St. Patrick (revised)	1873	Mac-Carthy, Denis Florence	Calderon’s Dramas on the Internet Archive	imitative verse

El Alcalde de Zalamea	Nobility; or The Alcalde of Zalamea	1885	Pierra, Adolfo

El gran príncipe de Fez	The Prince of Fez	1905	Kaenders, Peter	The prince of Fez; a drama in three acts, adapted from Don Calderon de la Barca

La Vida es Sueño	Life’s a Dream	1925	Birch, Frank & J. B. Trend	stage version, prose and verse

La cena del rey Baltazar	The Feast of Belshazzar	1934	Jones, Willis Knapp	Spanish one act plays in English : a comprehensive anthology of Spanish drama from the 12th century to the present	auto

El desafío de Juan Rana	Juan Rana's Duel	1934	Jones, Willis Knapp	Spanish one act plays in English : a comprehensive anthology of Spanish drama from the 12th century to the present

El gran teatro del mundo	The Great World-Theatre	1955	Sipman, Francis E.	auto

El gran teatro del mundo	The Great Theatre of the World	1957	Graves, John Clarus	The Great Theatre of the World; based on a theme from Calderon	auto

El gran teatro del mundo	The Great Theatre of the World	1957	Singleton, Mack Hendricks	Masterpieces of the Spanish Golden Age, ed. Angel Flores	auto

La Vida es Sueño	Life is a Dream	1958	Colford, William E

El gran teatro del mundo	The Great Theatre of the World	1958	Graves, Clarus J. & Cuthbert G. Soukup	The Great Theatre of the World: [A Morality Play] Based on a Theme from Calderón	auto

Amar despues de la Muerte	Love After Death	1959	Campbell, Roy	The Classic Theatre III: Six Spanish Plays, ed. Eric Bentley	blank verse

La Vida es Sueño	Life is a Dream	1959	Campbell, Roy	The Classic Theatre III: Six Spanish Plays, ed. Eric Bentley	blank verse; reprinted in Life Is A Dream and Other Spanish Classics, ed. Eric Bentley (1985)

El Alcalde de Zalamea	The Mayor of Zalamea	1959	Colford, William E

El médico de su honra	The Surgeon of His Honour	1960	Campbell, Roy	blank verse; acting edition

A Secreto Agravio, Secreta Venganza	Secret Vengeance for Secret Insult	1961	Honig, Edwin	Calderon: Four Plays	loose syllabic verse; reprinted in Calderón de la Barca: Six Plays (1993) ISBN 1-882763-05-X

La Devoción de la Cruz	Devotion to the Cross	1961	Honig, Edwin	Calderon: Four Plays	loose syllabic verse; reprinted in Calderón de la Barca: Six Plays (1993) ISBN 1-882763-05-X

El Alcalde de Zalamea	The Mayor of Zalamea	1961	Honig, Edwin	Calderon: Four Plays	loose syllabic verse; reprinted in Calderón de la Barca: Six Plays (1993) ISBN 1-882763-05-X

La Dama Duende	The Phantom Lady	1961	Honig, Edwin	Calderon: Four Plays	loose syllabic verse; reprinted in Calderón de la Barca: Six Plays (1993) ISBN 1-882763-05-X

La Vida es Sueño	Life is a Dream	1963	Alpern, Hymen	Three Classic Spanish Plays

El gran teatro del mundo	The Great Stage of the World	1964	Brandt, George W.	The Great Stage of the World: An Allegorical Auto Sacramental in Three Acts/Gran teatro del mundo	auto

La Vida es Sueño	Life is a Dream	1968	Raine, Kathleen & R. M. Nadal	Life is a Dream ISBN 978-0241015490	verse

La cena del rey Baltazar	King Belshazzar's Feast	1969	Barnes, R. G.	Three Spanish Sacramental Plays ISBN 978-0951440308	auto

La Vida es Sueño	Life is a Dream	1970	Honig, Edwin	Life is a Dream ISBN 0-8090-6556-8	loose syllabic verse; reprinted in Calderón de la Barca: Six Plays (1993) ISBN 1-882763-05-X

El astrólogo fingido	The Fake Astrologer	1976	Oppenheimer, Max, Jr.	The Fake Astrologer ISBN 978-0820421667	reprinted in Pedro Calderón de la Barca's The Fake Astrologer: A Critical Spanish Text and English Translation (1994)

Peor está que estaba	From Bad to Worse	1980	Muir, Kenneth	Four Comedies by Pedro Calderón de la Barca ISBN 0-8131-1409-8	blank verse and prose

El secreto a voces	The Secret Spoken Aloud	1980	Muir, Kenneth	Four Comedies by Pedro Calderón de la Barca ISBN 0-8131-1409-8	blank verse and prose

No siempre lo peor es cierto	The Worst is not Always Certain	1980	Muir, Kenneth	Four Comedies by Pedro Calderón de la Barca ISBN 0-8131-1409-8	blank verse and prose

Dicha y desdicha del nombre	The Advantages and Disadvantages of a Name	1980	Muir, Kenneth	Four Comedies by Pedro Calderón de la Barca ISBN 0-8131-1409-8	blank verse and prose

El Magico Prodigioso	The Prodigious Magician	1982	Wardropper, Bruce W.	The Prodigious Magician ISBN 978-8473171113	prose; bilingual edition

Guárdate del agua mansa	Beware of Still Waters	1984	Gitlitz, David M.	Beware of Still Waters ISBN 978-0939980048	bilingual edition

Casa con dos puertas mala es de guardar	A House With Two Doors Is Difficult to Guard	1985	Muir, Kenneth & Ann L. Mackenzie	Calderón: Three Comedies ISBN 0-8131-1546-9	blank verse and prose

Mañanas de abril y mayo	Mornings of April and May	1985	Muir, Kenneth & Ann L. Mackenzie	Calderón: Three Comedies ISBN 0-8131-1546-9	blank verse and prose

No hay burlas con el amor	No Trifling With Love	1985	Muir, Kenneth & Ann L. Mackenzie	Calderón: Three Comedies ISBN 0-8131-1546-9	blank verse and prose

No hay burlas con el amor	Love is no laughing matter	1986	Cruickshank, Don & Sean Page	Love is no laughing matter ISBN 978-0856683664

El pintor de su deshonra	The Painter of His Dishonour	1989	Paterson, A. K. G.	The Painter of His Dishonour ISBN 978-0856683466

El Alcalde de Zalamea	The Mayor of Zalamea	1990	Mitchell, Adrian	Three Plays ISBN 978-0948230264	verse, from literal translations by Gwenda Pandolfi

El gran teatro del mundo	The Great Theatre of the World	1990	Mitchell, Adrian	Three Plays ISBN 978-0948230264	auto; verse, from literal translations by Gwenda Pandolfi

La Vida es Sueño	Life’s a Dream	1990	Mitchell, Adrian & John Barton	Three Plays ISBN 978-0948230264	verse, from literal translations by Gwenda Pandolfi

La cisma de Inglaterra	The Schism in England	1990	Muir, Kenneth & Ann L. Mackenzie	The Schism in England ISBN 0-85668-331-0	blank verse; bilingual edition

El médico de su honra	The Surgeon of Honour	1991	Edwards, Gwynne	Calderón: Plays: One ISBN 978-0413634603

La Vida es Sueño	Life is a dream	1991	Edwards, Gwynne	Calderón: Plays: One ISBN 978-0413634603

Las tres justicias en una	Three Judgments in One	1991	Edwards, Gwynne	Calderón: Plays: One ISBN 978-0413634603

El pintor de su deshonra	The Painter of His Own Dishonor	1991	Paterson, A. K. G.	The Painter of His Own Dishonor ISBN 9780856683473	bilingual edition

Los Cabellos de Absalón	The Crown of Absalom	1993	Honig, Edwin	Calderón de la Barca: Six Plays ISBN 1-882763-05-X	loose syllabic verse

El pintor de su deshonra	The Painter of Dishonour	1995	Johnston, David & Laurence Boswell	The Painter of Dishonour ISBN 978-0948230882

El médico de su honra	The Physician of His Honour	1997	Hindley, Donald	The Physician of His Honour ISBN 9780856687778	bilingual edition; revised translation published in 2007

La Vida es Sueño	Life is a Dream	1998	Clifford, John

Sueños hay que verdad son	Sometimes Dreams Come True	1998	McGaha, Michael	The Story of Joseph in Spanish Golden Age Drama ISBN 978-0838753804	auto

La vida es sueño	Life Is a Dream	2002	Applebaum, Stanley	Life Is a Dream ISBN 978-0486421247

La Vida es Sueño	Life's a Dream	2004	Kidd, Michael	Life's a Dream ISBN 9780856688966

La Vida es Sueño	Life is a Dream	2006	Racz, Gregary J.	Life is a Dream ISBN 978-0-14-310482-7	imitative verse

La Vida es Sueño	Life's a Dream	2008	Davis, Rick	Calderón De La Barca, Four Great Plays of the Golden Age ISBN 978-1575255965

La Dama Duende	The Phantom Lady	2008	Davis, Rick	Calderón De La Barca, Four Great Plays of the Golden Age ISBN 978-1575255965

El Príncipe Constante	The Constant Prince	2008	Davis, Rick	Calderón De La Barca, Four Great Plays of the Golden Age ISBN 978-1575255965

El gran teatro del mundo	The Great Theatre of the World	2008	Davis, Rick	Calderón De La Barca, Four Great Plays of the Golden Age ISBN 978-1575255965	auto

La vida es sueño	Life Is a Dream	2009	Cruz, Nilo	Life is a Dream ISBN 978-0822222347	acting edition

La Vida es Sueño	Life is a Dream	2010	Edmundson, Helen	Life is a Dream ISBN 978-1848420601

No hay burlas con el amor	The Phoenix of Madrid	2012	Boswell, Laurence	The Phoenix of Madrid ISBN 978-1849431347

El mayor monstruo los celos	Jealousy the Greatest Monster	2014	Muir, Kenneth & Ann L. Mackenzie & José María Ruano de la Haza	Jealousy the Greatest Monster ISBN 9780856683695	bilingual edition

Sentence(s)

El pintor de su deshonra has been translated into English several times, by Edward FitzGerald and Alan K. G. Paterson.

final_sentence: El pintor de su deshonra has been translated into English several times, by Edward FitzGerald and Alan K. G. Paterson.