Staging the Spanish Golden Age

Kathleen Jeffs is Associate Professor at Gonzaga University. Previously, she served as Post-Doctoral Research Assistant on the AHRC-funded project Out of the Wings (www.outofthewings.org) for which she was based at the University of Oxford. The aim of the project is to create a virtual environment geared for theatre practitioners and educators to spark new performances of Spanish drama in English translation. Dr Jeffs's doctoral research took place within the context of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Spanish Golden Age Season in 2004-05, for which she served as rehearsal dramaturg. Prior to her move to Gonzaga, she lectured on Golden Age drama at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and taught an undergraduate drama course at the University of Sussex.

Je?s's book is a stimulating and hugely detailed account of the making of the landmark RSC's Spanish Golden Age season...We can only hope that theatre practitioners and producers may draw inspiration from Je?s's painstaking work to revive more of the hidden treasures of Spain's rich dramatic heritage.

• Introduction 1: Pre-Rehearsal Questions of Performance Tradition and Play-Selection 2: Rehearsal and Translation: Collaboration Strategies 3: Polymetric Verse on Stage in Translation 4: (Un)Familiar Faces, Places and Conflicts: Characterization in the Comedia 5: Metatheatrical Staging 6: The Impact of the RSC's Spanish Golden Age Season Appendix A: Stages of Translation: Diana's Letter Appendix B: Stages of Translation: Teodoro's Letter Appendix C: Verse Charts Appendix D: Mayors, Aldermen & Scribes in Cervantes (by Jack Sage) Appendix E: Line Attribution in El perro del hortelano