Lope De Vega The Idiot Lady

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Saturday-Night Theatre Sat 20th Sep 1980, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM The Idiot Lady by Lope De Vega, translated from the Spanish by George Brandt. In this 1610 comedy Lope turns upside down the conventional view that love leads to foolishness by depicting a stupid girl whose mind is weakened by love as well as her heart: “I thank you. Love, for never having faltered In so recasting me that, wholly altered, I have ascended by your inspiration To Reason's bright and lofty habitation; And with Laurencio to tutor me, Love's student, I'll soon take my first degree.” Music by DAVID SELWYN with KENNETH MOBBS (harpsichord) JOHN EDWARDS (guitar) HELEN FORBES (Oboe) SARAH BALE (flute) Directed by Brian Miller BBC Bristol Finea: Madeline Smith Laurencio: James Warwick Nise: Petra Markham Liseo: Peter Dennis Octavio: Joseph O'Conor Turin: Mark Buffery Leandro: Sean Arnold Celia: Margaret Barrass Rudino: Haydn Andrews Clara: Penny Ryder Duardo: Michael Batz Feniso: Ronald Forfar Pedro: David Goodland Miseno: Rex Holdsworth

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.