Don Quixote de la Mancha - Paperback

by Guillén de Castro (Author), Ucla Working Group (Translator)

Guillén de Castro's Don Quixote de la Mancha reprises for the stage the iconic characters of Miguel de Cervantes' masterpiece. Castro's adaptation focuses on the captivating tale of Cardenio, which also inspired Shakespeare's lost play. In this absorbing study of deceit and devotion, two pairs of mismatched lovers navigate infants switched at birth, compelled loves, and the true nature of nobility as they seek happiness and justice. Meanwhile, the titular Don Quixote and his trusty squire Sancho Panza find themselves entangled in stories of love and desire, providing comic relief as they make their way through the plot, forever lost in chivalrous fantasies.