"Enter HELENE, full-length riding coat. Carrying horse 's head and riding crop.
CHORUS behind her creating body of the merchant's horse. Le cheval de mon
pere, Le cheval de mon pere, Le cheval de mon pere, Va bien, il va bien. Le
cheval ..."
"In this Spanish Golden Age drama, often seen as the first revolutionary play, the villagers of Fuente Ovejuna in rural Spain rise up against their cruel and sexually predatory Commander, eventually killing him. When agents sent by the King and Queen set about torturing the villagers to find out who did the murder, each one gives the answer: 'Fuente Ovejuna did it'. In the face of this claim to collective responsibility, the village is p ..."
"Written in 1645, The Painter of Dishonour is one of Calderon's greatest plays, in which Don Juan Roca, an ageing painter, is driven to undertake a double vengeance when his young bride's lover, previously believed drowned at sea, returns from the dead and abducts her. The Painter of Dishonour received its British premiere in this translation at the RSC's Other Place in July 1995."
"That is Don Luis Osorio: Whom I have seen in this street Too often of late, his presence Has become something of a problem. Why don't we go over there and Give him something of a problem? Enough! This is not the moment. Please, let them ..."