The House of Desires

Originally written by seventeenth century nun Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz and adapted here by Catherine Boyle, House of Desires is a romantic farce involving a brother and sister entangled in a web of love with four others. Critically acclaimed, this play was part of the Royal Shakespeare Company''s Spanish Golden Age 2004 season.

About the author

Catherine Boyle is Professor of Latin American Cultural Studies at King’s College London. She was a co-founder of the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. She is the director of the Ibero-American theatre and translation collective, Out of the Wings. She is a translator of Spanish and Spanish American theatre and poetry. Her translations have been performed internationally and she has published widely on
questions of Latin American cultural and gender studies and translation. She is the
Director of the Centre for Language Acts and Worldmaking which is dedicated to regenerating and transforming approaches to teaching and research in Modern Languages.

Product details

• Authors: Ines De La Cruz, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Cruz Sor Juana Ines de la
• Assisted by: Catherine Boyle (Translation), Catherine (Author) Boyle (Translation), Boyle Catherine (Translation)
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2004
• EAN: 9781840024449
• ISBN: 978-1-84002-444-9
• No. of pages: 108
• Dimensions: 124 mm x 196 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Oberon Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama