Mainstage, Spingold Theater Center - November 2006

By Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Translated by Dian Fox and Donald Hindley
Directed by Eric Hill and Monica Vinao
            Set Design by Katy Monthei            Costume Design by Jennifer Adams            Projection Design by Leah Gelpe

One of the most intellectually and emotionally engaging of the Spanish Golden Age (seventeenth century) plays, as well as the most controversial.  Taking place during the reign of King Pedro of Castile (1350-1369), it is one of the spectacular 'honour dramas', in which the main characters confront compelling yet conflicting imperatives.  The Physician of His Honour is beautiful in its poetry and unsettling in its resolution.  For more than 350 years the play and its author have been as fiercely reviled as they have been enthusiastically acclaimed by audiences and readers.