• Lope de Vega and the Spanish Golden Age
• Historical contexts
  • The true history of FuenteOvejuna
  • Conflict between Castile and Spain
  • Ferdinand and Isabella
  • Order of Calatrava
• Production History
  • 1972 La MaMa production
  • 1989 National Theatre production
  • 2008 Stratford Shakespeare Festival production
• Interview with actor Sara Renee Topham
  • Sara played Laurencia in 2008 Stratford Festival production

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• The history of FuenteOvejuna
  • The two worlds of the play
  • What it’s all about
• Some context
  • Scene from the play: Esteban welcomes the Commander
• All about ham
  • Pigs and acorns
  • Pigs and acorns in light of the Commander’s words
  • Has Keith even eaten Iberico ham?
• Adaptations
  • Liuba Cid’s Afro-Cuban FuenteOvejuna
  • Chabukiani’s Soviet Laurencia and Georgian dance
  • Cusi Cram’s FuenteOvejuna: A Disloyal Adaptation
  • A word on translation
  • What is transculturation?
• Parting thoughts

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• What is love?
• Banjo time
• Historical context
  • A brief introduction to Lope de Vega
  • Defining (kinds of) love
• Close Reading and Concepts of Love in FuenteOvejuna
  • Laurencia and Pascuala discussing the Commander’s eros.
  • Laurencia, Pascuala, and Mengo debating love.
    • Conclusion: all love is philautia
  • Frondoso’s introduction of erotas
  • Laurencia and Frondoso sharing erotas 
    • This is a foil to the Commander’s eros and the prior notion that philautia is the only “true” love.
  • The transition from ludus to philia

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