A story of blue blood, eroticism and privileges

– those held by the aristocracy at the beginning of the 17th century. El perro del hortelano, a drama of love, envy, jealousy and honour, was written in 1613 by the great Spanish playwright Lope de Vega.

The plot, which takes place in Naples, narrates the story of Diana, Countess of Belfor. Diana is a beautiful and stubborn young woman who is pursued by several aristocratic suitors who are eager to marry her. However, Diana constantly rejects all their attempts. One night, after witnessing her secretary making love to her favourite lady-in-waiting, she falls madly in love with him and becomes sick with jealousy.

This is the story of a love triangle, of forbidden love and betrayal, which takes place when Naples was under Spanish rule. Therefore, the Countess’s house, manipulated by the nobles, represents that part of Spanish society that lived outside the country. The fact that the action is set in this European city also means that the play is rich in Italian influences and storylines, of which Lope was so fond.

A production of the Siglo de Oro Foundation, co-produced with beon Worldwide and Teatros del Canal, with the collaboration of beKultura, the Community of Madrid, Madrid City Council and the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.

Running time: 2 hours ( including 15 minutes interval)

Director, producer, author and one of the world’s leading Shakespeare experts, he was artistic director of London’s Globe Theatre from 2006 to 2016 – that institution’s most successful decade. between 2006 and 2016 – that institution’s most successful decade.

Author of the memoir Will & Me of Hamlet, Globe to Globe – one of the NYT’s 100 Notable Books of 2017 – has spoken about Shakespeare in refugee camps in Jordan, Iraq, Somalia, Cambodia, China, Colombia, United Nations, Peru, Ethiopia, and throughout Europe and the United States.

He is currently artistic director of the Classic Spring Theatre Company and director of the Open Palm Film Company. Since 2016, he has produced six feature films for Open Palm, directing one of them, Making Noise Quietly. With Classic Spring, Dominic has produced all four of Oscar Wilde’s Oscar Wilde’s four social comedies, De Profundis and The Selfish Giant, at the Vaudeville at London’s Vaudeville Theatre. Critically acclaimed, they were filmed and programmed in over 600 cinemas worldwide. During his artistic direction of the Globe – a theatre that operates without subsidy, the theatre tripled its turnover and enhanced its international reputation.

He also created a touring project that culminated in a tour of Hamlet to almost every country in the world. To almost every country in the world. The Globe to Globe Festival in 2012, hosted prestigious companies from 37 countries to perform Shakespeare’s plays, each in its own Shakespeare’s plays, each in their own language. During his tenure, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, a £9.5 million indoor theatre at the Globe, was created and was an immediate and lasting success. Dromgoole directed The Duchess of Malfi as the inaugural production.

Dominic directed numerous productions of Shakespeare and created a programme of new texts, which premiered thirty plays and culminated in the transfer of two (Nell G. G. and Nell G. Malfi). The transfer of two (Jessica Swale’s Nell Gwynn, and Claire Van Kampen’s Farinelli and the King) to the West Claire Van Kampen) to the West End. Shakespeare’s productions were filmed and broadcast on film and television. And to maximise the Globe created a successful SVOD player, and several documentaries were made. Documentaries were made. During the 2015/16 season, Dominic’s produced 37 short films -one for each Shakespeare play, with renowned artists performing scenes from the plays in their original settings.