The Spanish Gypsy
Note:
Source: Miguel de Cervantes’ «La gitanilla» [«The Little Gypsy»] and «La fuerza de la sangre» [«The Force of Blood»] from his Novelas ejemplares [Exemplary Novels] (1613); they were translated into French by Vital d’Audiguier in 1621.
Date of composition:
- 1623
Date of first performance: 1623
Genre (Annals): Tragicomedy
Catalogue references: Wiggins: 2049 (Vol. 7)
HIERONIMO/EMOTHE text(s): 1653 quarto transcript
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Early Performances
- Company: Lady Elizabeth's Men Venue: The Cockpit Date: 1623
Cast:
Note: On or after 9 July, when the play was licensed for performance. Indoor “private” theatre
Information source: Wiggins, Martin. British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue. Volume 7: 1617-1623. 2017. - Company: Lady Elizabeth's Men Venue: Whitehall Palace Date: 1623
Cast:
Note: 5 November
Information source: Wiggins, Martin. British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue. Volume 7: 1617-1623. 2017. - Company: Venue: The Salisbury Court playhouse Date: 1630
Cast:
Note: Earliest date. Information from the 1653 quarto title page. Indoor “private” theatre
Information source: - Company: King's Men and Queen's young Company (Beeston's Boys) Venue: The Cockpit Date: 1639
Cast:
Note: Indoor “private” theatre
Information source: Wiggins, Martin. British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue. Volume 7: 1617-1623. 2017. - Company: Venue: The Cockpit Date: 1630
Cast:
Note: Indoor “private” theatre
Information source:
Modern editions
- Dahl, Marcus; Vickers, Brian, ed. The Spanish Gypsy. In: Vickers, Brian, ed. The Collected Works of John Ford. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012
- Taylor, Gary, ed. The Spanish Gypsy. Dekker, Thomas; Ford, John; Middleton, Thomas; Rowley, William. In: Taylor, Gary; Lavagnino, John, ed. The Collected Works of Thomas Middleton. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 1723–65
Select Bibliography: Criticism
- Buccola, Regina. "'None But Myself Shall Play the Changeling': Fairies, Fortune-Tellers, and Female Autonomy in 'The Spanish Gypsy'". Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural. 2012, vol. 2, 1, p. 173-196.
- Taylor, Gary. "Historicism, Presentism and Time: Middleton's 'The Spanish Gypsy' and A Game at Chess". SEDERI: Yearbook of the Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies. 2008, 18, p. 147-170.
- Christensen, Nels Anchor, III. "Playwrights, Actor, and Acting Companies: Domains of Collaboration in Middleton-Rowley's 'A Fair Quarrel,' 'The Changling,' and ''The Spanish Gypsy'' (1615-1623)". Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences. 2006, vol. 5, 67, p. 1739-40.
- Charnon-Deutsch, Lou. 'The Spanish Gypsy': The History of a European Obsession. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State UP, 2004.
- Taylor, Gary. "Thomas Middleton, 'The Spanish Gypsy', and collaborative authorship". Ed. Boyd, Brian. Words that count: essays on early modern authorship in honor of MacDonald P. Jackson. Newark: Delaware UP, 2004, p. 241-73.
- Bamford, Karen. "Rape and redemption in 'The Spanish Gypsy'". Ed. Woodbridge, Linda; Beehler, Sharon. Women, violence, and English Renaissance literature: essays honoring Paul Jorgensen. Tempe: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2003, p. 29-49.
- Charnon-Deutsch, Lou. "Travels of the Imaginary Spanish Gypsy". Ed. Labanyi, Jo. Constructing Identity in Contemporary Spain: Theoretical Debates and Cultural Practices. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, p. 22-40.
- Price, George R. "The Quartos of 'The Spanish Gypsy' and Their Relation to 'The Changeling'". Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 1958, 52, p. 111-25.
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