A captivating 17th-century drama of peasants defending their honor against oppression by a feudal lord. This edition features an informative introduction with background on Spanish theater of the era as well as on the dramatist''s career and on the play itself. Features an excellent English-prose version on the pages facing the original Spanish.

Introduction by Nicholas Dromgoole.
Both plays are highly charged emotional works, full of Lope de Vega's vitality. This adaptation of Fuente Ovejuna was performed in Declan Donnellan's directorial debut at the Royal National Theatre.