Cervantes's eight interludes
By: Miguel de Cervantes ; edited and translated by Charles Patterson
Contributors: Patterson, Charles, 1980- editor, translator
Publisher: Applause
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Translated from: spa
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9781495013034
Subjects: Spanish drama; Translations into English
Work titles: Entremeses
Description: "These eight interludes, which Cervantes published in 1615 but never saw performed, are short, comic plays that explore the underbelly of Renaissance Spanish society. Their characters include hillbillies and con artists, pimps and prostitutes, adulterous wives and jealous husbands, and an array of other humorous figures--all of whom Cervantes treats in a critical yet sympathetic way. Although interludes (meant to go between acts of a larger play) tend to be works of light comedy, Cervantes often inbues his with deeper themes"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Translated from the Spanish.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Divorce court; title: The grieving pimp; title: The Daganzo municipal elections; title: On guard!; title: The Basque deception; title: The stage of wonders; title: The cave of Salamanca; title: The jealous old man.