John Lyon is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Bristol where he has worked since 1963, specialising in the Spanish theatre. He is the author of a full-length study of the plays of Ramon del Valle-Inclan and of several articles on twentieth-century Spanish novels and drama.

• PrefaceIntroduction:Tirso de Molina and his timeTirso and the ComediaHumour, irony and the paradox in Tirso's theatreThe moral emphases of Tirso's theatreTirso's biblical playsLa venganza de TamarA note on stagingNotes to the IntroductionBibliographyLa Venganza de Tamar/Tamar's Revenge (facing page text and translation)ACT I Jornada primeraACT II Jornada segundaJornada terceraNotes

John Lyon is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Bristol where he has worked since 1963, specialising in the Spanish theatre. He is the author of a full-length study of the plays of Ramon del Valle-Inclan and of several articles on twentieth-century Spanish novels and drama.

• PrefaceIntroduction:Tirso de Molina and his timeTirso and the ComediaHumour, irony and the paradox in Tirso's theatreThe moral emphases of Tirso's theatreTirso's biblical playsLa venganza de TamarA note on stagingNotes to the IntroductionBibliographyLa Venganza de Tamar/Tamar's Revenge (facing page text and translation)ACT I Jornada primeraACT II Jornada segundaJornada terceraNotes

John Lyon is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Bristol where he has worked since 1963, specialising in the Spanish theatre. He is the author of a full-length study of the plays of Ramon del Valle-Inclan and of several articles on twentieth-century Spanish novels and drama.

• PrefaceIntroduction:Tirso de Molina and his timeTirso and the ComediaHumour, irony and the paradox in Tirso's theatreThe moral emphases of Tirso's theatreTirso's biblical playsLa venganza de TamarA note on stagingNotes to the IntroductionBibliographyLa Venganza de Tamar/Tamar's Revenge (facing page text and translation)ACT I Jornada primeraACT II Jornada segundaJornada terceraNotes