Lope de Vega LA DAMA BOBA This edition of the play is intended to be a reliable edition but is, under no circumstances, to be considered as a thorough critical edition complete with variant readings, extensive notes, nor any of the valuable expository discussion that is usually found in such. Those who would like to study the play or to comment on it with greater security than can be claimed for this electronic edition should refer to a critical edition of the work such as that prepared by Rudolph Schevill and published in Berkeley by the University of California Press in 1918 [The Dramatic Art of Lope de Vega...]. This edition should be easily found in any reasonable university library. In it you will also find a bibliography of early editions and manuscripts available for the play, cogent discussion of the work as literature, and a suggestive bibliography of articles about this comedia. A more recent edition is that prepared by Everett W. Hesse and published in New York by Dell in 1964. A translation of the play AThe Lady Nit-Wit@ was prepared by William Oliver and published in Tempe by The Bilingual Review Press in 1995 La dama boba has also been the subject of many studies that have been published since these two editions were prepared. These items may be identified by reference to the valuable ABibliography on the Comedia@ published each fall in the Bulletin of the Comediantes. Several performances of La dama boba have been filmed and preserved on video and are available on loan from the AHCT. You may want to consult the catalog of those holdings by connecting to <www.comedias.org> and then following the links to the ACatalog of the Video Tape Collection of the AHCT. Vern G. Williamsen August 2, 2001
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