AHCT also offers English translations of a number of early modern Spanish plays. Like the Spanish texts, they are made freely available for academic and other legitimate purposes. If you would like to stage a production based on one of these translations, please contact AHCT first.
The translations gathered here were prepared by scholars and theater practitioners, among them Vern G. Williamsen, Kenneth A. Stackhouse, Matthew D. Stroud and Dakin Matthews. Each play opens in the same viewer as the Spanish texts and can be downloaded as a PDF.
Plays in translation
- Gambler’s House — La casa del tahur, Antonio Mira de Amescua.
Translator not identified in the source text. - Love’s True Lies — La verdad sospechosa, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón.
Translated by Kenneth Stackhouse. - The Truth Can’t Be Trusted — La verdad sospechosa, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón.
Translated by Dakin Matthews. - The Walls Have Ears — Las paredes oyen, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón.
Translated by Dakin Matthews. - In Love but Discreet — La discreta enamorada, Lope de Vega.
Translated by Vern G. Williamsen. - Belshazzar’s Feast — La cena del Rey Baltasar, Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Translated by Denis Florence Mac-Carthy. - The Phantom Lady — La dama duende, Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Translated by Matthew D. Stroud. - There Is No Trifling with Love — No hay burlas con el amor, Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
Translated by Vern G. Williamsen. - The Balconies of Madrid — Los balcones de Madrid, Tirso de Molina.
Translated by Kenneth A. Stackhouse.