Tamar's revenge La venganza de Tamar
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Tamar's revenge = La venganza de Tamar
（Hispanic classics, Golden-Age drama）
Aris & Philips, c1988
- pbk.
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Venganza de Tamar
Venganza de Tamar
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Venganza de Tamar
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Translation of: La venganza de Tamar with Spanish original
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The story comes from the Second Book of Samuel and tells of the incestuous passion of Amnon, David's eldest son, for his half-sister, Tamar and the subsequent murder of Amnon by his brother Absolom. Amnon's lust is set in the context of complementary passions of ambition and revenge, reflected in Absolom and Tamar respectively. The play explores King David's conflict between justice and mercy when confronted with these tragic events. It is a work of constantly changing perspectives in which tragedy and comedy, instead of being simply juxtaposed, are blended in a highly original way. Tirso's play is one of the earliest treatments of a theme that has continued to be an inspiration for such modern writers as the novelist Dan Jacobson in The Rape of Tamar and the dramatist Peter Shaffer in Jonadab . Spanish text with facing-page translation, commentary and notes.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction:
Tirso de Molina and his time
Tirso and the Comedia
Humour, irony and the paradox in Tirso's theatre
The moral emphases of Tirso's theatre
Tirso's biblical plays
La venganza de Tamar
A note on staging
Notes to the Introduction
Bibliography
La Venganza de Tamar/Tamar's Revenge (facing page text and translation)
ACT I Jornada primera
ACT II Jornada segunda
Jornada tercera
Notes
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