by Lope de Vega · Castalia Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497404310
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«El perro del hortelano» is a Golden Age comedy by Lope de Vega, published by Castalia Ediciones in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
Countess Diana de Belflor loves her secretary Teodoro, but social conventions prevent her from marrying him, and she also refuses to let him marry Marcela, the enamoured maid. Like the gardener's dog, she neither eats nor lets others eat: jealousy, desire, envy and wit combine in this Golden Age comedy of intrigue.
Edition number 9 of the Castalia Prima collection, prepared by Paula Barral Cabestrero. Includes introduction, reading guide, bibliography, preliminary note and glossary.
Commonly read in schools and universities and performed on stages worldwide, suitable for students and lovers of classical theatre.
Spanish playwright and poet of the Golden Age, author of Fuente Ovejuna, The Knight from Olmedo and The Dog in the Manger.
