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Play by, Lope de Vega

La dama boba (given various titles in English including The Lady Simpleton, The Lady Boba: a Woman of Little Sense, ''Lady Nitwit, The Lady-Fool) is a 1613 comedy by the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega. It is one of the earliest examples of the "comedia palatina" subgenre. De Vega completed it on 28 April 1613, "as shown by a surviving manuscript copy in his own hand."

Translations※

  • The Lady Simpleton Max Oppenheimer, Jr. Lawrence, KS: Coronado 1976
  • Lady Nitwit trans. William I. Oliver Editorial BilingĂĽe, 1998
  • Wit's end: an adaptation of Lope de Vega's La dama boba Edward H. Friedman 2000
  • The Lady Boba: a Woman of Little Sense David Johnston 2013

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References※

  1. ^ The Guardian: A Lady of Little Sense – review Ustinov Studio, Bath "Lope de Vega's romantic comedy has something in common with the Taming of the Shrew. And gets a lively performance here, but it leaves a somewhat acrid aftertaste"]
  2. ^ The New International Year Book 1939 - published 1940 Page 513 A new work by Wolf-Ferrari, La Dama Boba, with a libretto by Mario Ghisalberti based upon a Lope de Vega comedy, was produced in the Teatro della Scala in Milan February 1, under Umberto Berretoni, with ...


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