Manuel Martínez Mediero:  A LOVE TOO BEAUTIFUL (Juana del amor hermoso).
    Translated by Hazel Cazorla.  1995.

A historical drama in 2 acts, reinterpreting the life story of Joanna, the so-called "mad" queen of Renaissance Spain, from a distinctly modern, feminist point of view.  Deliberately and comically anachronistic dialogue in an action which is non-naturalistic in its use of time and space.

• One set with imaginative lighting, music and sound effects to create diverse backgrounds and moods.
  2 women, 5 men (one of whom has a triple role)

  World premiere:  Dir. Angel Ruggiero, Príncipe Theatre, Madrid, 1983.  Staged reading of English translation presented February 18, 1998, "Veladas Culturales Hispánicas" series at the Dallas Casa de España.

  Contact translator:  Hazel Cazorla, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas 75062; Phone:  972-721-5263; or author through SGAE