El Pintor (play)

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El pintor de su honra, commonly known as El pintor ("the painter"), is a 1650s play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.[1] It is one of the author's three famous wife-murder plays, along with A secreto agravio and El medico, where private revenge of an aggrieved husband, in this case a painter by the name of Juan Roca, ultimately becomes very public.[2] It features in the list of Calderón's plays in English translation.

References

  1. Jonathan Thacker A Companion to Golden Age Theatre p102 "El pintor is a particularly rich play"
  2. Jeremy Robbin The Challenges of Uncertainty p123 "the irony of Calderon's three famous wife-murder plays (A secreto agravio, El medico and El pintor) is that private revenge ends up being made public"