The Duchess of Amalfi's Steward by Lope de Vega, translated by Dakin Matthews.
Lope de Vega’s early 17th century El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi is brought to shimmering life for the English-speaking audience as The Duchess of Amalfi’s Steward in a new rhyming-verse translation by Dakin Matthews. The widowed Duchess falls for her lower-stationed steward and thus ensues a tale of secret marriage, the pursuit of happiness in upper class Golden Age Spain, and angry brothers.
DAKIN MATTHEWS is an accomplished and prolific actor, playwright, dramaturge, translator, teacher, director, emeritus English professor, and Shakespeare scholar. Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs is pleased to include his translations of Spanish drama in the UCLA Comedia in Translation and Performance series directed by Barbara Fuchs.
Series: UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies. The Comedia in Translation and Performance, #19
ISBN 978-1-58871-416-9 (PB, 166 pp.) $25