La Venganza De Tamar

La vengenza de Tamar was first published in 1968 and is one of the outstanding plays of the Spanish Golden Age dramatist Tirso de Molina (1580?-1648). The name was the pseudonym of a Mercedarian friar, Fray Gabriel Téllez. Tirso was greatly influenced by Lope de Vega and in turn influenced the master of the Spanish comedia, Calderón. He was a prolific writer whose most famous plays are El burlador de Sevilla and El contenado por desconfiado. The plot of La venfanza de Tamar comes from the biblical story in II Samuel xiii: Amnon, the eldest son of King David falls in love with his beautiful half-sister Tamar; feigning illness he entices her into his house and rapes her; he is later put to death at a banquet by his half-brother Absalom. Tirso uses this violent and passionate story to develop a play that is rich in dramatic purpose and tragic content.

Literature & Fiction

Molina, Tirso De

Paterson, A. K. G.

Dramas & Plays

Cambridge University Press

La vengenza de Tamar was first published in 1968 and is one of the outstanding plays of the Spanish Golden Age dramatist Tirso de Molina (1580?-1648). The name was the pseudonym of a Mercedarian friar, Fray Gabriel Téllez. Tirso was greatly influenced by Lope de Vega and in turn influenced the master of the Spanish comedia, Calderón. He was a prolific writer whose most famous plays are El burlador de Sevilla and El contenado por desconfiado. The plot of La venfanza de Tamar comes from the biblical story in II Samuel xiii: Amnon, the eldest son of King David falls in love with his beautiful half-sister Tamar; feigning illness he entices her into his house and rapes her; he is later put to death at a banquet by his half-brother Absalom. Tirso uses this violent and passionate story to develop a play that is rich in dramatic purpose and tragic content.

El Amor y el Amistad

BiblioBazaar

La Celosa de s' Misma (Large Print Edition) (Spanish Edition)

BiblioLife

La Celosa de s’ Misma (Spanish Edition)

La Celosa de s' Misma (Spanish Edition)

The Bashful Man at Court ; Don Gil of the Breeches Green ; The Doubter Damned (Carleton Renaissance Plays in Translation)

Arts & Photography

Browning, John

Performing Arts

Dovehouse Editions

Three Plays by Tirso De Molina: The Bashful Man at Court/Don Gil of the Breeches Green/the Doubter Damned (Carleton Renaissance Plays in Translation)

Browining, John

World Literature

Last Days of Don Juan (Oberon Classics)

Biographies & Memoirs

Oberon Books

About the Author\nTirso de Molina (1580-1648) ranks alongside Lope de Vega and Calderon as one of the greatest playwrights of Spain's Golden Age. He was a prolific writer whose plays range from high-spirited comedies to plays based on serious Old Testament stories. He was noted both for his malicious wit and his mastery of historical interpretation.\nLaurence Boswell began his career as an Assistant Director at The Royal Shakespeare Company, and until recently was Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre in London.

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One of Molina's best-known tragedies.

The Rape of Tamar (Oberon Classics)

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