The Madness of Love (play)

The Madness of Love (Spanish: La locura de amor) is a 1855 historical drama play written by Manuel Tamayo y Baus.

Plot

Tracking the plight of Queen Joanna of Castile, the play consists of 5 acts set in 1506 in Castile; specifically in Tudela de Duero (Act 1), in an inn near Tudela (Act 2) and in the Palace of the Constables of Castile in Burgos (last three acts).^[1]

Premiere and reception

The play premiered at the Teatro del Príncipe on 12 January 1855.^[2] It proved to be a commercial and international success.^[3] A very influential 19th-century work, it has been adapted to film several times.^[4]

References

^ Vargas Dávila-Machuca, Miguel (2019). "Las pasiones de Juana la Loca en el cine español: desde la Historia y el Teatro a las adaptaciones, readaptaciones y remakes compuestos" [The passions of Joanna the Mad in Spanish cinema: from history and theatre to adaptations, re-adaptations and mixed remakes]. Trasvases Entre la Literatura y el Cine. 1. UMA Editorial: 106. doi:10.24310/Trasvasestlc.v1i0.6435. ISSN 2695-639X. S2CID 226813997.
^ González González, Luis Mariano (2009). Fascismo, kitsch y cine histórico español, 1939-1953. Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 136. ISBN 978-84-8427-650-0.
^ North 2018, p. 197.
^ North, Janice (2018). "From Mad Love to Mad Lust: The Dangers of Female Desire in Twenty-First Century Representations of Juana I of Castile in Film and Television". In North, Janice; Alvestad, Karl C.; Woodacre, Elena (eds.). Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 197. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68771-1_10. ISBN 978-3-319-68770-4.

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[1] Vargas Dávila-Machuca, Miguel (2019). "Las pasiones de Juana la Loca en el cine español: desde la Historia y el Teatro a las adaptaciones, readaptaciones y remakes compuestos" [The passions of Joanna the Mad in Spanish cinema: from history and theatre to adaptations, re-adaptations and mixed remakes]. Trasvases Entre la Literatura y el Cine. 1. UMA Editorial: 106. doi:10.24310/Trasvasestlc.v1i0.6435. ISSN 2695-639X. S2CID 226813997.

[2] González González, Luis Mariano (2009). Fascismo, kitsch y cine histórico español, 1939-1953. Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 136. ISBN 978-84-8427-650-0.

[FOOTNOTENorth2018197-3] North 2018, p. 197.

[4] North, Janice (2018). "From Mad Love to Mad Lust: The Dangers of Female Desire in Twenty-First Century Representations of Juana I of Castile in Film and Television". In North, Janice; Alvestad, Karl C.; Woodacre, Elena (eds.). Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 197. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68771-1_10. ISBN 978-3-319-68770-4.

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